NP: Namibia

[Curt Hagenlocher]

http://www.latimes.com/print/travel/20010106/t000001657.html

Swakopmund is not only where sea meets land and town meets
desert, it's also where cultures mix and viewpoints often clash.

"I've done more for Namibia than most 'real' Namibians,"
declared the German emigre working in the store where I bought
a souvenir.  What she meant by "real" I didn't know, and her
tone made me decide not to ask.  She had said she came to
Namibia 40 years ago.  In my month in southern Africa,
I talked with many whites who now are governed by blacks, and
most of them spoke with an edge of resentment at losing their
dominance.  Yet almost everywhere, I noticed whites doing the
office jobs and blacks doing menial work.

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Curt Hagenlocher
curth at motek.com