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CHRONOLOGY OF NAMIBIAN HISTORY - Table of Contents ------------------------ PREFACE NOTE TO THE READER ------------------------ 1. PRE-THE HISTORICAL PERIOD BC TO 1485 2. THE PERIOD OF THE EXPLORERS, HUNTERS AND TRADERS 1486–1800 3. THE PRE-COLONIAL PERIOD: THE MISSIONARIES 3.1 THE MISSIONARIES ARRIVE IN THE TERRITORY 1805–1840 3.2 THE MISSIONARIES INTERFERE IN LOCAL POLITICS 1842–1883 4. THE COLONIAL PERIOD: GERMAN RULE 4.1 INITIAL PERIOD OF GERMAN SOUTH WEST AFRICA (SWA) 1884–1889 4.2 THE ACTIVE RESISTANCE STRUGGLE BEGINS 1890–1903 4.3 THE RESISTANCE STRUGGLE CULMINATES IN GENOCIDE 1904–1906 4.4 GERMAN SOUTH WEST AFRICA CONSOLIDATES 1907–1914 5. THE COLONIAL PERIOD: SOUTH AFRICAN RULE 5.1 SOUTH WEST AFRICA UNDER SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY RULE 1915–1918 5.2 SOUTH WEST AFRICA BECOMES A LEAGUE OF NATIONS MANDATE 1919–1945 5.3 SOUTH WEST AFRICA BECOMES A UNITED NATIONS TRUSTEESHIP AREA 1946–1956 5.4 THE STRUGGLE AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA BEGINS 1957–1974 5.5 THE INDEPENDENCE PROCESS: PERIOD OF INTERIM ADMINISTRATIONS 1975–1987 6. THE INDEPENDENCE PROCESS LEADS TO NAMIBIA’S FREEDOM 1988–1990 7. THE PERIOD AFTER NAMIBIA'S INDEPENDENCE 7.1 THE FIRST TEN YEARS 1990-2000 8. LIST OF ACRONYMS 9. REFERENCES 10. PHOTOS AND MAPS ------------------------ 11. INDEX OF SPECIAL TOPICS ------------------------ 11.1 INDEX: BATTLES AND SKIRMISHES IN THE HISTORY OF NAMIBIA 11.2 INDEX: TRADITIONAL LEADERS IN THE HISTORY OF NAMIBIA 11.3 INDEX: POLITICAL PARTIES IN NAMIBIA 11.4 INDEX: UPRISINGS AGAINST COLONIAL POWERS 11.5 INDEX: WARS IN THE HISTORY OF NAMIBIA 11.6 INDEX: STAMPS IN NAMIBIA 11.7 INDEX: IMPORTANT ACTS, LAWS AND PROCLAMATIONS IN THE HISTORY OF NAMIBIA 11.8 INDEX: IMPORTANT COMPANIES IN THE HISTORY OF NAMIBIA 11.9 INDEX: TRADE UNIONS IN NAMIBIA 11.10 INDEX: IMPORTANT TREATIES IN THE HISTORY OF NAMIBIA 11.11 INDEX: UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATIONS AND RESOLUTIONS ON NAMIBIA 11.12 INDEX: FIRST OCCURRENCES IN THE HISTORY OF NAMIBIA 11.13 INDEX: FOUNDING OF TOWNS, VILLAGES, COMMUNITY CENTRES 11.14 INDEX: IMPORTANT CONFERENCES IN THE HISTORY OF NAMIBIA 11.15 INDEX: IMPORTANT COUNCILS IN THE HISTORY OF NAMIBIA 11.16 SPEECH: WITBOOI DAY: 29.11.1995: GIBEON