South-West Africa

A glance at the map of Africa shows that the territory now known as British South-West Africa--formerly German South-West Africa--is a triangular mass with the abrupt apex resti...

From what has been said about the diversity of the physical conditions of the country it will be readily inferred that there is a considerable variation of climate. When it is r...

“South-West Africa,” a writer on the flora of the country has recently stated, “is distinguished neither by a great variety of its flora nor by the presence of plants or trees o...

When first visited by Europeans, South-West Africa was swarmed with game in unusual number and variety, and the land was a veritable hunter’s paradise. Lions were a constant sou...

The only use of war, says a cynical writer, is to teach geography. Certainly there are many people in South Africa who a few months ago would have been sorely puzzled to locate...

The red tide of war surged backward and forward over the land in the ’sixties, and deeds of appalling cruelty were perpetrated. The Hereros fought to secure their independence f...

During the early years of the German occupation the seat of Government was at Otjimbingue, where Dr. Goering, the Imperial Commissioner, had a handful of soldiers to assist him...

The native races represented in South-West Africa are the Bushmen, Hottentots, and Bantu people, and they vary not only in physical appearance and language, but also in characte...

It must not be concluded from what has been written about the blunders of the colonial administration in dealing with the native people that little or nothing has been done in t...

The discovery of diamonds near Luderitzbucht in 1908 was an event of great importance to the country, and in view of the value of the diamond fields, and the powerful influence...

After a visit paid to South Africa in 1895, Mr. (now Viscount) Bryce published a volume of “Impressions,” in which he made the following reference to South-West Africa: “Great N...