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The history of Namibia has passed through several distinct stages from being colonised in the late nineteenth century to Namibia's independence on 21 March 1990. From 1884, Namibia was a German colony: German South West Africa .
Namibian flag. The flag of Namibia consists of a red bend edged in two white bands with a blue upper triangle charged with an 12-ray yellow sun and green lower triangle. The flag was adopted on 21 March 1990 upon independence from South Africa. During apartheid rule, it used the South African orange-white-blue tricolor.
Windhoek: Namibia Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft/Namibia Scientific Society. ISBN 978-99916-40-10-5. Table of Contents; Erichsen, Casper W. (2005). "The angel of death has descended violently among them": Concentration camps and prisoners-of-war in Namibia, 1904–1908. African Studies Centre, University of Leiden. ISBN 978-90-5448-064-8.
The Autobiography of Eugene Mansfeld: A Settler's Life in Colonial Namibia. London: Jeppestown Press. ISBN 978-0-9570837-4-5. Mitchell, Thomas John; Smith, G. M. (1931). Casualties and Medical Statistics of the Great War. History of the Great War Based on Official Documents by Direction of the Committee of Imperial Defence. London: HMSO. OCLC ...
Namibia: 1884 1915 1928 1982 1990 Namibia: Nauru: 1888 1914 1942 1945 1968 Nauru: Nepal: 1768 1856 c. 1930: 1962 Nepal: Netherlands: 1581 / 1652 1795 1806 1810 1814 Netherlands: New Zealand: 1769 1834 1840 1867 1869 New Zealand: Nicaragua: 1524 1823 1825 1839 1858 1889 1893 1896 1908 1971 Nicaragua: Niger: 1922 1959 Niger: Nigeria: 1886 1900 ...
South West Africa [b] was a territory under South African administration from 1915 to 1966, and under South African occupation from 1966 to 1990. Renamed Namibia by the United Nations in 1968, it became independent under this name on 21 March 1990.
Flag of SWAPO. The German Empire had administered Namibia as the colony of German South West Africa during the late nineteenth century. During World War I, South African troops under General Louis Botha occupied the colony and deposed the German colonial administration.
This is a timeline of History of Namibia. Each article deals with events in Namibia in a given year. Pre-1990. Pre-1990; Twentieth century. 1990s 1990 1991