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Two handwritten pages of Hendrik Witbooi’s letter journal, with folio numbers 118 and 119
Pages 118–119 of Hendrik Witbooi's Letter Journal No. 1, dated 20 May 1891. Historic manuscript, reproduced from the Digital Namibian Archive via Wikimedia Commons.
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State, authority & accountabilityJournal essay

Land, custom and the postcolonial state: Namibia’s divided authority

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