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Making a Difference /
Failure is not in my vocabulary; says Libertina Inaaviposa Amathila; medical doctor, leading member of Namibia's liberation movement SWAPO, and Cabinet Minister for 20 years. Insightful, candid and amusing, this book traces Libertina Amathila journey from a village in western Namibia travelling...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Windhoek, Namibia :
University of Namibia Press,
[2012]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- COVER PAGE; TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; MAPS; PROLOGUE; CHILDHOOD INNOCENCE; MY VILLAGE, FRANSFONTEIN; CHURCH; THE FOUNTAIN; SELF-SUFFICIENCY; GRANDMOTHER; GRANDFATHER; MOTHERS AND FATHERS; STORY-TELLING; SCHOOLING; AUGUSTINEUM SCHOOL; WELLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL; THE START OF MY JOURNEY; PREPARING TO LEAVE; CROSSING BORDERS; DAR ES SALAAM; A DREAM COME TRUE; LODZ; COLD WAR PAWNS; THE POLISH LANGUAGE; MEDICAL STUDIES IN WARSAW; HARD WORK AND A LOT OF FUN; LIFE OUTSIDE STUDIES; GRADUATION; AN INTERN IN TANZANIA; MALNUTRITION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; SURGERY
- GYNAECOLOGY PAEDIATRICS; MARRIAGE; FURTHER STUDIES IN THE UK AND SWEDEN; ACCLIMATIZING TO ANOTHER NEW COUNTRY; MY SECOND INTERNSHIP; LIFE AND WORK IN SWEDEN; NEWS FROM HOME; RESPONDING TO THE REFUGEE CRISIS; THE OLD FARM; NEW CHALLENGES; NYANGO HEALTH AND EDUCATION CENTRE; THE HOSPITAL; MEASLES OUTBREAK; FEARLESS AND GROUNDED; TRAINING AT THE EASTERN FRONT; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; CAMP LIFE; UNITED NATIONS INSTITUTE FOR NAMIBIA; THE THREAT OF ATTACK; REBELLION; POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY; SWAPO WOMEN'S COUNCIL; AFRICA'S INTELLECTUAL GIANTS
- WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION SCHOLARSHIPS; MY SECOND WHO SCHOLARSHIP; KASSINGA; READING THE USA; SUPPORT FROM FINLAND AND THE USA; NDALATANDO, ANGOLA; LIFE IN THE MAVULU CENTRE; MOROBIA; 'EMBUSHUA'; VISITORS; A NEW CAMP COMMANDER; KWANZA SUL; MORENGA VILLAGE; SPY FEVER; HOMECOMING; THE 1989 ELECTIONS; ELECTION CAMPAIGN; THE RESULTS; A MINISTER IN WAITING; FACT-FINDING MISSION; RETURN FROM MY VISITS; INDEPENDENCE DAY 21 MARCH 1990; SQUATTERS AND STREET CHILDREN; SQUATTERS; STREET CHILDREN; AFTER-SCHOOL CENTRE; URBAN RENEWAL; KATUTURA FACELIFT; COMMUNAL TOWNS; THE HORSESHOE MARKET
- RUNDU OPEN MARKET SAUJEMWA; A CLEAN CAPITAL; REFORMING THE LEGISLATION; WOMEN'S PROPERTY RIGHTS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT; TRAINING COUNCILLORS; PROVIDING BETTER HOUSING; ALIENATION SCHEME; HOUSES IN COMMUNAL TOWNS; HANOVA HOUSES; BUILD-TOGETHER PROGRAMME; A TRUST BETRAYED: THE SINGLE QUARTERS; REGIONAL REPRESENTATION; REGIONAL COUNCILS ACT; THE TWO HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT; TRADITIONAL COUNCILS ACT 1992; PEACE AND CONFLICT IN THE CAPRIVI; DECENTRALIZATION POLICY; MINISTER OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES; KUNENE REGION; HIV/AIDS; LAUNCHING OF THE ARV PROGRAMME; CARDIAC UNIT; FAILED ATTEMPT AT DEMOCRACY
- ANOTHER TRANSFER DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER; PUBLIC/CIVIL SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATION; THE GERMAN SPECIAL INITIATIVE; MARGINALIZED SAN COMMUNITIES; FACT-FINDING MISSION; IDENTITY DOCUMENTS; NO COFFINS; DONATIONS AND DEPENDENCY; SCHOOLING; LAND; RECOMMENDATIONS; EDUCATION SOLUTIONS; THE SAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME; UITKOMS FARM; LAND FOR THE HAIOM; IDENTITY DOCUMENTS; CAMPFIRE STORIES; MAKING COFFINS; BEE-KEEPING; EDUCATION; INCLUSION OF SAN IN EDUCATION AND THE WORKPLACE; SAN TRADITIONAL LEADERS; MOUNTAIN FOLK IN THE KUNENE REGION; OTJOMURU VILLAGE; OTJIKOJO VILLAGE; OHAIHUUA VILLAGE