Records of the Namibia Institute

Proposals, reports and press cuttings on the establishment and early operation of the Institute, 1974-1977. Including: UN report on the Institute, December 1976; report of the 'Workshop on the Curriculum', January 1977; report on research activities to be undertaken by the Institute, March 1977; background information relating to UNIN; press cuttings on the Institute, 1975-77.

The United Nations Council for Namibia adopted a plan to establish a tertiary education institution for Namibia in September 1974. The Institute was intended to help to prepare Namibians for the administration of their country and to take up positions in an independent Namibia. Namibia did not have its own tertiary education system and the United Nations Council for Namibia, under Sean MacBride, recommended the creation of an Institute for Namibia in Zambia. The Institute was opened in Lusaka on 26 August 1976 by the then President of Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda. It closed in September 1990, six months after Namibia’s independence.

Records are open to the public, subject to the overriding provisions of relevant legislation, including data protection laws.

The United Nations Council for Namibia adopted a plan to establish a tertiary education institution for Namibia in September 1974. The Institute was intended to help to prepare Namibians for the administration of their country and to take up positions in an independent Namibia. Namibia did not have its own tertiary education system and the United Nations Council for Namibia, under Sean MacBride, recommended the creation of an Institute for Namibia in Zambia. The Institute was opened in Lusaka on 26 August 1976 by the then President of Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda. It closed in September 1990, six months after Namibia’s independence.

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The archive of the United Nations Institute for Namibia is held in the University of Namibia Archives.

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