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Andimba Toivo ya Toivo:

A Namibian Struggle Icon

Heike Becker, editor

Paperback: $36.50

ISBN: 978-0-7969-2722-4

Heicke Becker chronicles the life and legacy of Andimba Toivo ya Toivo (1924–2017), a towering figure in Namibia's fight for freedom. Combining a concise biography with speeches, petitions, and other writings by ya Toivo (as well as the work of some of his comrades), Becker uncovers lesser-known chapters of the Namibian nationalist struggle and captures the enduring relevance of visions rooted in pan-African ideals and a global commitment to justice.

Heike Becker is professor emerita of social and cultural anthropology at the University of the Western Cape.

The Legacy of Andimba Toivo ya Toivo.
HIS LIFE.
Born into a Divided Country.
The South African Colonial Project.
Contract Labor.
A Colonial Soldier: World War II.
Breaking Through a Sealed Door.
Cape Town.
A Nascent Liberation Movement.
Petitioning the UN.
Towards a Namibian Congress Movement.
A Workers' Movement.
The Politicization of Brotherhood.
Cooperation Among Anticolonial Movements.
Battle over Urban Black Life.
Mobilization in the Rural North.
Armed Struggle.
Arrests and the Terrorism Act.
The Terrorism Trial.
The Defense and the Accused.
Tortured by the Regime.
Soliciting International Support.
Ya Toivo Speaks from the Dock.
Robben Island.
Release.
In Exile.
Return to Namibia.
HIS VOICE.
1950s and Early 1960s: Namibia and the United Nations.
Petition to the UN by ya Toivo and 80 Others, August 1957.
Letter to the UN by ya Toivo, September 1958.
Hot Welcome for UN Committee in Ovamboland, Article by Herman Ja-Toivo.
1967/68: The Pretoria Terrorism Trial.
Speech from the Dock by Toivo Herman Ja Toivo, February 1968.
1980s: After Robben Island.
First Interview After Release from Robben Island, March 1984.
Ya Toivo Talks: Efforts to Liberate Country Will Continue, March 1984.
SWAPO Address to the Opening Session of the Anti-Apartheid Movement National Convention, London, June 1984.
Opening Statement to the Conference on Namibia: 100 Years of Foreign Occupation, 100 Years of Struggle, September 1984, London.
Speech to the UN General Assembly, 39th Assembly, 1984.
After Namibian Independence.
Farewell Speech by ya Toivo on the Occasion of His Retirement from the National Assembly, March 2005.
A Message from Andimba Toivo ya Toivo on the Occasion of His 90th Birthday, August 2014.
Other Voices.
Tangeni Amupadhi: Herman Andimba Toivo ya Toivo at 90.
Julia Mbida, as Told to Hileni Nembwaya.
His Teacher Recalls: Ya Toivo Gave Me Namibia.
Hage Geingob, President of Namibia, on the Occasion of the National Memorial Service for ya Toivo, 23 June 2017.
Eulogy to Cde. Herman Toivo ya Toivo: A Life of Distinguished Service.
HIS LEGACY.

Andimba Toivo ya Toivo:

A Namibian Struggle Icon

1800 30th street, suite 314 · Boulder, CO 80301

TEL: 303-444-6684 · FAX: 303-444-0824

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Andimba Toivo ya Toivo:

A Namibian Struggle Icon

1800 30th street, suite 314 · Boulder, CO 80301

TEL: 303-444-6684 · FAX: 303-444-0824

EMAIL: [email protected]

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