Africa : what it gave me, what it took from me : remembrances from my life as a German settler in South West Africa /

Africa: What It Gave Me, What It Took from Me is a memoir of an extraordinary woman who, as a newlywed, travelled with her husband to German South West Africa, a colony situated just above South African on the Atlantic coast.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eckenbrecher, Margarethe von, 1875-1955 (Autor)
Otros Autores: Crandall, David P., 1960- (Editor ), Kelling, Hans-Wilhelm (Editor ), Kerry, Paul E. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Bethlehem : Lehigh University Press, [2015]
Temas:
Eckenbrecher, Margarethe von, > 1875-1955.
1884-1999
Germans > Namibia > Biography.
Women pioneers > Namibia > Biography.
Farmers > Namibia > Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life > Namibia.
Allemands > Namibie > Biographies.
Pionnières > Namibie > Biographies.
Agriculteurs > Namibie > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Africa > South > General.
HISTORY > Africa > South > Republic of South Africa.
Ethnic relations
Farmers
Frontier and pioneer life
Germans
Manners and customs
Women pioneers
Namibia > History > 1884-1915 > Biography.
Namibia > History > 1915-1946 > Biography.
Namibia > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Namibia > Ethnic relations > History > 20th century.
Okombahe (Namibia) > Biography.
Namibie > Histoire > 1884-1915 > Biographies.
Namibie > Histoire > 1915-1946 > Biographies.
Namibia
Namibia > Okombahe
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Biographical entries
  • A reader's introduction
  • Book I
  • [1] Leaving home
  • The first ten days
  • Las Palmas
  • Monrovia
  • Nifu
  • Mossamdes
  • Port Alexander
  • Swakopmund
  • The journey to Karibib
  • Karibib
  • By oxcart from Karibib to Okombahe
  • [2] Okombahe
  • Something about the natives of the colony
  • The activities of the missionaries in the protectorate
  • Our first abode
  • Worries of a housewife
  • Building our home
  • Future plans and disappointments
  • Cattle raising
  • Gui-Gams
  • Cultivating a garden
  • Experiences and observations
  • Spitzkoppies
  • [3] Insurrection
  • Foreboding weather
  • The insurrection begins
  • A dangerous ride
  • In the fortress
  • Under the protection of the Franke Company
  • In the barracks at Omaruru
  • My return to Germany
  • Book II
  • A note to my readers
  • [1] The new South West
  • My return to South West Africa
  • Our idealic life in Klein-Windhuk
  • [2] How I experienced the First World War
  • The impending storm
  • The future is foreshadowed in everyday events
  • The people of the colony prepare themselves
  • Mobilization
  • South Africa begins hostilities
  • Treachery at Naulila
  • Our commander dies
  • A punitive expedition to Naulila
  • The Baster War
  • The Germans must be cleared out
  • General Botha occupies Windhuk
  • An honorable surrender
  • Living under martial law
  • [3] South West becomes a League of Nations mandate
  • Dissolution?
  • Expulsions
  • The influenza epidemic of 1918
  • Changes
  • New unrest
  • The house on the mountain
  • Life under mandate rule
  • Our German schools
  • My sons
  • Hunting in the African bush and a return to our home in Okombahe
  • From the Brandberg to Franzfontein
  • Korichaams
  • Etoscha and the Waterberg
  • 1934 : the year of torrential rains
  • Of diamonds, gold, and other treasures
  • A concluding and final word
  • Postscript.

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