The Gender Politics of the Namibian Liberation Struggle 9783905758269

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The Gender Politics of the Namibian Liberation Struggle

Martha Akawa , Preface by Bience Gawanas

ISBN 9783905758269

Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Namibia 2014

Women’s contributions against apartheid under the auspices of the Namibian liberation movement SWAPO and their personal experiences in exile take center stage in this study. Male and female leadership structures in exile are analysed whilst the sexual politics in the refugee camps and the public imagery of female representation in SWAPO’s nationalism receive special attention. The party’s public pronouncements of women empowerment and gender equality are compared to the actual implementations of gender politics during and after the liberation struggle.