Making a difference / Libertina I. Amathila.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Amathila, Libertina I.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Amathila, Libertina I.

Women physicians--Namibia--Biography.

Women physicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (464 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Windhoek, Namibia : University of Namibia Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 alone to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in 1962; medical training in Poland, Sweden and London; and the health and education centres in Zambia and Angola that she helped develop and run for Namibians in exile; to a victorious return home in 1989; service in the Cabinet of independent Namibia; and a leading

Contents:

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

OTJIJANDJASEMO VILLAGE

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9789991642024

9991642021

9789991642000

9991642005

9789991687094

9991687092

9781283639750

1283639750

9789991642017

9991642013

OCLC:

818903698