Author: Prof Makala Lilemba (Prof Makala Lilemba )

Many Namibians are coming to terms with the current situation of economic hurdles and the high rate of unemployment. Resources are hard to come by and many people find it difficult to eke a decent living after 33 years of independence. 

During Africa’s colonisation, the West brought many foreign educational ideologies of which some were irrelevant to the African indigenous masses.

In his book, My Life in the SA Defence Force, Magnus Malan (2006), the former South African chief of the army and minister of defence, observed in a standoff between the South African government and Washington in the 1970s that the latter has no friends, but self-interests.  

According to the US Bureau of Labour Statistics Education Pays 2020: Career Outlook, PhD stands for Doctor of Philosophy, which refers to the immense knowledge a student gains when earning the degree. 

The ruling by the Supreme Court of Namibia on 16 May 2023 compelling government to recognise same-sex marriages officiated outside the country outraged many political parties.

The colonizers and other historians have the impression that the Luyanas ruled Caprivi (renamed Zambezi region in 2013) without the consent of its people.

According to Spielvogel (2017), the university as we know it with faculty, students and degrees was not a product of ancient Greece or Rome, but of the High Middle Ages, which spanned from 1000 to 1300AD. 

The Mafwe community has established that educational activities which they cherished for centuries have been minimised or completely abolished through Western education.

I recently sent a former grade 11 nephew to a nearby filling station shop to buy two newspapers, New Era and The Namibian, with concise instructions.

Malcolm X once said, “if you want to hide something from black people, put it in a book.” Although the quotation was used in the American context, it has been widely applied worldwide to humiliate Africans.