Title "The inevitable pipeline into exile" : Botswana's role in the Namibian liberation struggle / Johann Müller ; introduction by Reinhart Kössler

Published Basel, Switzerland : Basler Afrika Bibliographien, 2012 ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (294 pages) : illustrations, maps, photographs Contents Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Beyond the Confines of the Nation: Another Dimension of Liberation Politics in Southern Africa. An Introduction; Acknowledgements; Dedication; Introduction; 1. Research Overview and Theoretical Framework; Current Research. An overview; Room for manoeuvre? A theoretical framework; Determinants for the degree of support; Criteria for a well-founded analysis; About the concept of sovereignty; Validity of approaches of International Relations Theory; 2. Historical Basis; Botswana; The Bechuanaland Protectorate; The incorporation issue The Seretse Khama AffairDevelopments in the first years after independence; Botswana's geopolitical and economic situation; Room for manoeuvre or dependence?; Political freedom for the Bechuanaland Protectorate; Political freedom for the Republic of Botswana; Namibia; An outline of historical developments in South West Africa; The Namibian liberation struggle; SWANU; SWAPO; Co-operation across the border; Botswana's Ovaherero; Co-operation in an international context; 3. Methodology; Archival studies; British National Archives; Botswana National Archives; Interviews; Oral history Selection of intervieweesDesign of the interviews; Evaluation of the interviews; 4. Government Attitude; General policies in the Bechuanaland Protectorate and Botswana; General refugee policy; General policy towards the liberation movements; Immigration and refugee legislation; Bechuanaland Protectorate; Botswana; The Namibia question and international relations; The Rhodesias; Zambia; The Organisation of African Unity (OAU); UN Council for Namibia; The South African neighbour; Pressure from South Africa and Botswana's reaction; Violation of Botswana's territory; Conclusion 5. The Role of Residents and Organisations in BotswanaBotswana's Ovaherero; Mbanderu activities in Ngamiland; Chief Munjuku; Daniel Munamava; Help from the Herero communities; The Ovaherero in western Botswana; The Ovaherero of Mahalapye; The question of the Herero chieftainship; Political and ethnic cleavages; Recruitments in Botswana; Support from the Batswana and others; Political parties; Bechuanaland People's Party (BPP); Botswana Independence Party (BIP); Botswana National Front (BNF); Botswana Democratic Party (BDP); The Namibian liberation struggle in Botswana's domestic politics International aid agencies and welfare organisationsThe attitude towards the welfare organisations in Bechuanaland and Botswana; The assistance of the various organisations and agencies; Conclusion; 6. SWANU; SWANU's structures on the way to exile; Motives for leaving Namibia; The route into exile; The organisation of SWANU in Botswana; Daniel Munamava as a representative; SWANU's "agents" in Botswana; SWANU activities in Botswana; Propaganda in Ngamiland; Botswana: A meeting place for External Council and National Executive; Consultation with the National Executive in 1964; A mission in 1966 Summary The role played by Botswana in various southern African liberation struggles has previously been neglected in historical studies. The country's politics of support and mobilisation early on in Namibia's struggle for independence from South Africa proved crucial for the formative period of both nation states. Botswana's difficult and contradictory position as neighbour of the South African apartheid state and colonial power in Namibia are carefully dealt with, as are the challenges faced by the fragile Namibian refugee networks and liberation movements, SWANU and SWAPO, operating in Botswana fo Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject SWAPO. South West Africa National Union. SUBJECT South West Africa National Union fast SWAPO fast Subject National liberation movements -- Namibia National liberation movements -- Africa, Southern Decolonization -- Namibia Bilingual & multilingual dictionaries. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration. HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- General. Decolonization National liberation movements Politics and government SUBJECT Botswana -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85016044 Subject Southern Africa Botswana Namibia Form Electronic book Author Kössler, Reinhart, author of introduction, etc ISBN 9783905758528 3905758520 132250220X 9781322502205 3905758296 9783905758290

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