Finnish solidarity with the liberation struggle of Namibia: A documentation project
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2015
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University of Namibia Press
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Namibia’s independence was won primarily by the efforts of Namibians themselves.
Acknowledging this, it is also important to remember that the liberation struggle of
Namibians took place outside its borders as well: it started in Cape Town, spread to the United Nations in New York, established itself in Tanzania, then in Zambia and Angola. The diplomatic, political and armed struggle led by SWAPO could be fought only with the material, political, and other support given by many governments and nongovernmental organisations. Thousands of people dedicated themselves to supporting the fight against apartheid and for a free and independent Namibia.
In order to write a comprehensive history of the struggle, a rich database documenting the mainly selfless efforts rendered by solidarity activists in other countries is necessary. For this reason Finland has contributed by collecting documentary evidence of the work done in Finland or by Finns for the struggle and, therefore, the initiative of the Archives of Anti-Colonial Resistance and the Liberation Struggle (AACRLS) project was welcomed in Finland, where a committee was formally established for that purpose in 2004 as a part of the Namibian effort to save this history.
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Finnish solidarity, Liberation struggle, Namibia
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Peltola, P. (2015). Finnish solidarity with the liberation struggle of Namibia: a documentation project. In J. Silvester (Ed.), Finnish solidarity with the liberation struggle of Namibia: a documentation project (pp. 266-276). Windhoek: UNAM Press.