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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 .
The flag using a lighter shade of "Solway" blue as specified by the South African government in 1982 1878–1910: Flag of the governor of the Cape Colony: 1910–1931: Flag of the governor-general of South Africa: 1931–1952: Flag of the governor-general of South Africa: 1952–1961: Flag of the governor-general of South Africa: 1961–1984
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.
Namibia (/ n ə ˈ m ɪ b i ə / ⓘ, / n æ ˈ-/), [15] [16] officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa.Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean.It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the east and south.
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
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.
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 ...