Lyrical Nationalism in Post-Apartheid Namibia

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Lyrical Nationalism in Post-Apartheid Namibia is written by Wendi A. Haugh and published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0739188461 (ISBN 10) and 9780739188460 (ISBN 13).

When Namibia gained its independence from South Africa in 1990, the new government began dismantling the divisive apartheid state and building a unified nation-state. What does this new nation look like from the perspective of ordinary citizens? In Lyrical Nationalism in Post-Apartheid Namibia, Wendi Haugh provides an ethnographic portrayal of the nation as imagined by people living in the former ethnic homeland of Ovamboland, with a particular focus on the lyrics of songs composed and performed by Catholic youth. The author argues that these youth draw on conflicting ideologies—hierarchical and egalitarian, nationalist and cosmopolitan—from multiple sources to construct a multi-faceted sense of national identity. She reveals how their vision of the nation—framed as neutrally national—is deeply rooted in specific local histories and cultures.