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| Title: | A New Chapter in Namibian History: Reflections on Archival Research |
| Author: | Hoog, Tycho van der |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Periodical: | History in Africa (ISSN 1558-2744) |
| Volume: | 49 |
| Pages: | 389-414 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Namibia |
| Subjects: | archives History and Exploration |
| External link: | https://doi.org/10.1017/hia.2021.12 |
| Abstract: | Since Namibian independence in 1990, historians have increasingly made use of Namibian archives to explore the history of the German and South African occupation. Researching the recent past is, however, much more difficult, considering the absence of a SWAPO archive and an embargo on governmental files of thirty years. But now, thirty years after independence, the files from the postcolonial administrations are set to gradually open up. In anticipation of this new chapter of Namibian history, this article examines the state of various archives in Namibia and offers a number of observations that may be of use to scholars who are interested in consulting them. |
