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Turning point · The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994
Windhoek — Namibia’s long wait ends
21 Mar 1990 — After 75 years of South African rule and 23 years of war, Sam Nujoma’s SWAPO takes office. Africa’s last colony is free; only apartheid South Africa now remains.
This is one scene of Chapter 9 — The Settler Redoubt in The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994.
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