Sunday, 18 August 2013

Namibia- wipes colonialism off its maps!!!

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/09/namibia-colonialism-renames-caprivi-strip
http://www.theguardian.com/world/audio/2013/aug/09/Namibia

So Namibia has changed place names and regions of its nation, named after its German colonisers and replaced them with names in local languages- this can help to preserve the languages and enhance a national pride and promote a 'national' culture

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