Abstract:
The first meeting of Namibians and Dutch people happened when the Duch East India Company established a permanent post near the Cape of Good Hope. The book starts with these encounters and continues with the expansion of the southern African version of the Dutch language, Afrikaans.It tells about first diplomatic relationships and a view on Dutch anti-colonial and anti-apartheid movements.
Description:
This book is truly a fine indicator of relations, both remembered and lost in time, as well as a memorial to the many different kinds of contacts between Namibian and Dutch people on many levels and over a vast time span.
