A History of Namibia: From the beginning to 1990 by Marion Wallace, with John Kinahan
(Hurst, London, 2011), is a long overdue and comprehensive national history of Namibia.
Although Namibian historiography has grown substantially since independence, Wallace
has brilliantly managed to 'bring together what has been written on Namibia's past,
covering the period from the beginning to independence in 1990' (p. 2) and to draw on new
research to expand and deepen our understanding of the events that shaped Namibia.