Caprivi Strip: Germany's Colonial Legacy in Namibia
Stretching towards the Zambezi River, you'll find the Caprivi Strip, which also sometimes is called Itenge or the Okavango Panhandle. Today it is part of Namibia and divided administratively between the Kavango East and Zambezi regions. Its largest settlement is Katima Mulilo, located at the point where the Zambezi reaches the Strip. Most of the people here speak siLozi, a Bantu language primarily spoken by the Lozi (or Barotse) people of southwestern Zambia.
So, why does it belong to Namibia?
That's exactly what we'll be exploring: from the German Colonial Empire's unrealized ambitious for the Strip and German South West Africa as whole to the South West Africa People's Organisation's (SWAPO) struggle for independence during the South African Border War, separatism, and emergence of the Caprivi Liberation Army.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro + Where is the Caprivi Strip?
02:28 Leo von Caprivi + Germany's colonial legacy
05:42 South African occupation
06:07 Apartheid, bantustans, and the homeland system
07:15 South African Border War, Albert Mishake Muyongo, and post-independence politics
08:46 Emergence of the Caprivi Liberation Army and Caprivi Conflict
09:37 Caprivi Treason Trial
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