[06:31] Sam Nujoma, Namibia's independence leader, dies aged 95
Sam Nujoma, the guerrilla leader who became Namibia's first president after it won independence from South Africa in 1990, died aged 95, the Namibian presidency said in a post on Facebook.
https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0209/1495592-sam-nujoma/
#SamNujoma #Namibia #first #SouthAfrica #1990 #95 #Namibian #Facebook
📢New Publication Alert!
🌍'#EtoshaPan to the #SkeletonCoast: #Conservation Histories, Policies, and Practices in North-west #Namibia', ed. by Sian Sullivan, Ute Dieckmann, and Selma Lendelvo is now available!
This book examines the #conservation histories and concerns of one of southern #Africa’s most iconic conservation regions: the variously connected ‘#Etosha-#Kunene’ areas of north-central and north-west #Namibia.
This cross-disciplinary volume brings together contributions from a #Namibian and international group of scholars & conservation practitioners, working on topics ranging from colonial histories to water management, perceptions of ‘#wildlife’ and the #politics of belonging.
🔗Access or get your hard copy at https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0402 (1/9)
#LGBTQ English #Wikipedia deletion alert
Could you save this LGBTQ related #English Wikipedia article from deletion?
Nicola Brandt
* Namibian-German artist
#Namibian #court declares #laws #banning #gay #sex #unconstitutional.
"It's a great day for #Namibia. It won't be a #crime to #love anymore."
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Africa #Nambia #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #LoveWins
https://www.africanews.com/2024/06/21/namibian-court-declares-laws-banning-gay-sex-unconstitutional/
When it comes to #Namibian #visualartist #JuliaHango, it is difficult to say where #the art ends and her #activism begins. She likes to use her own #nudity as a #stylistic #device
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Africa #Nambia #Entertainment #TheArts #Representation #Culture
#LGBTQ related #Wikipedia article created 25 days ago
Wendelinus Hamutenya
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendelinus_Hamutenya
Wendelinus Hamutenya was Mr Gay Namibia 2011
⬆️ @wa__em
#Namibia is interjecting its own experiences into #SouthAfrica's #genocide case against #Israel at #ICJ— That's not how legal cases work
Namibia condemned #Germany for defending Israel saying the latter has "yet to fully atone for the genocide it committed on #Namibian soil [in 1904-1908]" which Germany has already recognized ➡️ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57279008
What is behind so many #African nations accusing Israel of genocide but excusing #Hamas? Is it #Islam?
Namib Desert, in Namibia, is home to the towering red dunes of Sossusvlei 🇳🇦
#namibdesert #namibia #sossusvlei #desert #dunes #namibian #travel #nature #africa #landscape #photography #sanddunes #explore #adventure #namib #sunset #wildlife #beautiful #outdoors
I love these sort of initiatives, where #Africans are telling the story of Africa, and in this case, exploring some tough colonial issues.
#Namibian #Opera ‘Chief Hijangua’ Heads to Berlin - The Namibian
https://www.namibian.com.na/namibian-opera-chief-hijangua-heads-to-berlin/
#StoneAge #animalengravings in #Namibian #caves guided #Indigenous trackers over time
https://www.popsci.com/science/namibian-cave-art-animals-stone-age/
#Namibia's #top #court recognises #samesexmarriages formed in other #Countries
The #government refused to give the non-#Namibian #spouses #residency #rights in the #country, on the grounds that their #marriages could not be #recognised in #Namibia, which prompted them to take #legalaction
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #Africa #SameSexMarriage #MarriageEquality #LoveWins
The reports show how the company allegedly didn’t adequately consult with local communities about the full drilling plan as required by #Namibian law; intimidated local opponents; violated its promise to line its drilling waste pits to prevent groundwater pollution; failed to secure legally required water and land permits; drilled inside Kapinga Kamwalye Conservancy without legal rights, and bulldozed roads illegally through protected areas.
Many of the oldest #fossils from the countries of the #Zambezi Basin come from #Namibia 🇳🇦, so we're returning there this week to meet the #Carboniferous #fish Namaichthys schroederi. It was an early member of a group with a bright future: the #Actinopterygii, or ray-finned #fishes, which, since Namaichthys swam the #Namibian seas 300 million years, has #evolved into by far the most diverse group of #vertebrates.
Figures from Gardiner 1962
#Namibia 🇳🇦 has yielded many #fossils of #Ediacarans, ~600 million year old #organisms that shed light on the early #evolution of #animals. One iconic #Ediacaran, #Rangea, was first described from Namibia, where a few #specimens are preserved in #3D, giving an idea of what this #ancient #enigma might have looked like when alive.
Photo from Vickers-Rich et al., 2013 (co-authored by members of the #Namibian #Geological Survey)
The law suit filed against the #German-#Namibian Joint Declaration on #reparations for the crimes committed against #Nama and #Herero could contribute to the establishment of minimum legal standards for such processes, writes Karina Theurer. https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/litigating-reparations/
All directions with Whiskyfun's Serge Valentine.
France, Namibia, England, Germany, New Zealand and Canada: whisky around the world once more
https://www.whiskyfun.com/#200123
St Wendelin 'Le Souffle Marno-Calcaire' France
Ondjaba 'The #Namibian Whisky'
Bimber 'The 1st Peated' #English
Elsburn 'The Journey 2022' #German
Cardrona 5 yo 'Growing Wings' #NewZealand
J.P. Wiser's 40 yo 1982/2022 'The Apprenticeship' #Canadian
#whiskyproeverij #whiskiesOfTheWorld #whisky #Whusjyfun #whiskyfriends
5. To counteract the #skillsgap, targeted knowledge building and transfer in parts of the #hydrogen value chain would be a decisive step for the long-term development of the #Namibian labour market and to include the now marginalised groups.
