Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
German identity, Namibia, manuscript information, German curator
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
History
Abstract
Research in the National Archives of Namibia started out very slowly. I arrived in Windhoek and met all sorts of challenges that I thought I had prepared for. I experienced an attempt at ATM theft against me and then needed to relocate to another guest house for security reasons. On the first day I had planned to do research, the government had shut down the library for water supply issues. Missing an entire day in the archives was difficult to recover from, especially since once I made it in the next day, I met all sorts of difficulties from the library staff. One woman was glad to help me use their very old computer system to look up items that might be useful, but others were not as willing to allow me access to anything. After talking to curator after curator, I started to get somewhere.
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Nanci and Choate, Dr. Mark
(2013)
"Maintaining German Identity in Namibia,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 350.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/350