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ARMSTRONG, SUE: : In Search of Freedom: The Andreas Shipanga Story As told to

GIBRALTAR.ASHANTI PUBLISHING,1989.

ISBN 0620135484.

GIBRALTAR,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,but a presentation inscrptn - "With compliments of the SWATF Sergeant Majors.18/8/89" (followed by/with) six unknown,undecipherable ink signatures - presumably,the donors? Glossy,country map with superimposed b/w photographs,white+red letters to upper panel; rear panel with b/w map; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean,contents bright,tight and clean also.Clean,red, paper-covered boards with white ink printed letters to spine/backstrip and plain,white eps - no bumped corners and no dog-ear creasing to page corners either. Gibraltar,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,i-vi+1- 164pp includes half-title+title pages, contents list,34 chapters,5pp introduction,a prologue,16pp contemporary b/w photographs between pp84/85,an epilogue and an index. For more than a quarter of a century SWAPO - the South West African People's Organisation of soon to be independent Namibia - has been a political and military reality throughout much of southern Africa. Thousands of lives have been lost in a guerilla war that has never been adequately covered by the media.Few people - in Africa or elsewhere - are aware of the make-up of SWAPO as a political organisation; of the reason why the movement ultimately resorted to violence as a means of achieving change; or of the panoply of characters involved during the past three decades (then 1989). Andreas Shipanga's story,as told to Sue Armstrong,relates all this and more.He tells of the contract labour system which formed the basis of SWAPO demands for change; the first stirrings of political consciousness among the tribespeople; and the efforts of the South African security police in the early days to stifle opposition.This is a powerful,sad,but true story.Shipanga was a founder member of SWAPO in Cape Town in 1957.He returned to Windhoek as political organiser in 1963 and witnessed the reluctant birth of the armed struggle against South African occupation of Namibia.He was forced to flee the country when the revolutionary of which he was a member was discovered.In exile for 14 years,he became a roving ambassador for SWAPO based in Cairo before moving to headquarters in Lusaka.Soon he found himself a victim of the liberation movement through which he had hoped to achieve freedom. Shipanga's experiences - as a herdboy in a large Ovambo family,a teacher in northern Namibia,a contract fisherman in Cape Town,then as a freedom fighter who became a victim of ruthless power politics - encapsulates the full richness and complexity of the human drama in southern Africa.This is the first time the inside story of an African liberation movement has been told prior to independence.Many of Shipanga's anecdotes shed entirely new light on the liberation struggle.His revelations are an important contribution to the historic political debate in Namibia today.South-West Africa has been known internationally as Namibia since 1968,when the United Nations General Assembly changed the territory's name.This resulted in a protracted struggle between South Africa and forces fighting for independence,particularly after the formation of the South West Africa People's Organisation in 1960.The territory became the independent Republic of Namibia in 1990. [SWATF is an abbreviation for the South West African Territorial Force.It was the forerunner of the Namibian Defence Force and was basically an extension or auxiliary of the South African Defence Force to combat the SWAPO insurgency.It was formed on 1 August 1980 from Southwest Africans serving as personnel in SADF (South Africa Defence Force) units.It was part of the Department of Defence of SouthWest Africa. It was headed by an Administrator general who was always a SADF general.There was the SWATF/SADF Joint Committee for Planning,Liaison and Co-ordination. As a "joint" command the SWATF was responsible for logistics,finances and administration while the SADF was responsible for military operations.] Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

GIBRALTAR,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
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