Caged Wilderness and Continued Inequality
When driving through the vast expanses of Namibia recently, I joked to my wife that the person selling fences must be the wealthiest individual here. But that joke lost its humour. I realised the fence is a troubling symbol of a nation stuck between its colonial past and its true potential. As a political scientist […] The post Caged Wilderness and Continued Inequality appeared first on The Namibian .
When driving through the vast expanses of Namibia recently, I joked to my wife that the person selling fences must be the wealthiest individual here.
But that joke lost its humour.
I realised the fence is a troubling symbol of a nation stuck between its colonial past and its true potential.
As a political scientist and an outsider from The Netherlands, I know this continent has heard enough Western opinions.
