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Title: Remains of an unidentified body close to the Angolan border
Subject: Namibia--History, Military--20th century, War victims--Namibia
Description: The bush of ghosts. The remains of an unidentified body close to the Angolan border.
Identifier: islandora:6983

Title: Released prisoner from Onaimwandi base with his family, Tsandi, northern Namibia
Subject: Namibia--History, Military--20th century, Prisoners of war--Namibia
Description: Released prisoner from Onaimwandi base with his family, Tsandi, northern Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:6969

Title: SADF soldier, Rundu
Subject: Namibia--History, Military--20th century, Soldiers--Namibia--Rundu
Description: South African Defence Force (SADF) soldier, Rundu, Kavango. Rundu was the second-most militarised area of the border zone, after the more densely populated Owambo to the east.
Identifier: islandora:6939

Title: Destruction of the outer palisade of a home by casspirs
Subject: Namibia--History, Military--20th century, Armored personnel carriers
Description: Destruction of the outer palisade of a home by casspirs, an armoured personnel carrier that is protected from landmines, as a result of fighting between SWAPO and the South West African Police Counter-Insurgency Unit (SWAPOL-COIN), also known as Koevoet, in the Omundudu area.
Identifier: islandora:6985

Title: Willie Amutenya leading children in a dance
Subject: Cassinga (Angola)--History, Angola--History, Military--20th century, People with disabilities, Political prisoners--Namibia--Mariental
Description: Willie Amutenya leading children in a dance. Willie Amutenya was captured at the Vietnam Camp, 50 km from the Namibian border, on the same day as the Cassinga attack in 1978 and held for years at Keikanachab prison, Mariental. The Battle of Cassinga, Cassinga Raid or Kassinga Massacre was a controversial South African airborne attack on a SWAPO refugee camp and military base at the former town of Cassinga, Angola on 4 May 1978.
Identifier: islandora:6953

Title: Lesotho Highlands
Subject: Herders--Lesotho, Cattle--Lesotho, Children--Lesotho, Boys--Lesotho, Lesotho--Social conditions--20th century, The Cordoned Heart
Description: A herd boy on a hillside, with cattle.
Identifier: islandora:5767

Title: Soldiers transported in trucks, Rundu
Subject: Namibia--History, Military--20th century, Transportation, Soldiers--Namibia--Rundu
Description: Soldiers transported in trucks, Rundu, Kavango. Rundu was the second-most militarised area of the border zone, after the more densely populated Owambo to the east.
Identifier: islandora:6940

Title: Lesotho Highlands
Subject: Informal sector (Economics)--Lesotho, Women--Lesotho, Lesotho--Social conditions--20th century, The Cordoned Heart
Description: Women returning from a day's journey to a trading store.
Identifier: islandora:5766

Title: Standby duty at Ondangwa Air Force Base
Subject: Military bases--Namibia, Namibia--History, Military--20th century, Military life--Namibia--Ondangwa
Description: Standby duty at Ondangwa Air Force Base.
Identifier: islandora:6973

Title: Military vehicle in dust-storm on the road to Oshivelo
Subject: Namibia--History, Military--20th century, Vehicles, Military--Namibia
Description: Military vehicle in dust-storm on the road to Oshivelo.
Identifier: islandora:6970

Title: Road closed due to the sabotage of a culvert by People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) combatants on the road to Oshakati
Subject: Namibia--History, Military--20th century
Description: Road closed due to the sabotage of a culvert by People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) combatants on the road to Oshakati.
Identifier: islandora:6968

Title: Child with a spent flare
Subject: Namibia--History, Military--20th century, Namibia--Rural conditions, Himba (African people)--Namibia
Description: A spent flare becomes a toy, Ruacana.
Identifier: islandora:6966

Title: Employment Bureau of Africa, Maseru
Subject: Employment agencies--Lesotho, Unemployment--Lesotho, Men--Lesotho, Lesotho--Social conditions--20th century, The Cordoned Heart
Description: Men applying for work at the Employment Bureau of Africa.
Identifier: islandora:5768

Title: Tears at election results
Subject: Angola--Social conditions, Dwellings--Angola--Luanda, Luanda (Angola)--Social life and customs--20th century,
Description: For the first time in Angola's history, a multi-party election was held in September, 1992 in an attempt to bring the 17 year Civil War to an end. John Liebenberg's landlady cries at the result. The ruling Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) won, leading União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) to reject the election and resume the civil war.
Identifier: islandora:7054

Title: Herd boy injured by a landmine learns to walk, Oshakati Hospital
Subject: Namibia--History, Military--20th century, War victims--Namibia--Oshakati, Children and war--Namibia
Description: A herd boy injured by a landmine learns to walk, Oshakati Hospital.
Identifier: islandora:6963

Title: Australian 17th Construction Squadron Royal Engineers, with local residents in Ombalantu, northern Namibia
Subject: Namibia--History--1946-1990, Namibia--History, Military--20th century
Description: The Australian 17th Construction Squadron Royal Engineers, deployed with the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG), with local residents in Ombalantu, northern Namibia.
Identifier: islandora:6980

Title: Cassinga Day memorial service, Community Centre, Katutura
Subject: Cassinga (Angola)--History, Angola--History, Military--20th century, Memorial service--Namibia--Katutura
Description: Cassinga Day memorial service, Community Centre, Katutura. The Battle of Cassinga, Cassinga Raid or Kassinga Massacre was a controversial South African airborne attack on a SWAPO refugee camp and military base at the former town of Cassinga, Angola on 4 May 1978.
Identifier: islandora:6954

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