The Year Namibia Could Have Been Independent Earlier: 1978 (And Why the West Stole That Decade From Us)
Let me tell you a truth that doesn't get taught in our schools loudly enough. Namibia should have been free in 1978. Not 1990. Not after eleven more years of waiting, suffering, and being treated like a bargaining chip by foreign powers who had no right to decide our fate. In 1978, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 435. Read that name carefully because it was our ticket out. That resolution laid out a clear, legally binding plan for UN supervised elections. It was supposed to be the end of South Africa's illegal occupation. It was supposed to be the year we raised our own flag. Instead, we waited. And waited. And watched three countries play games with our freedom. The Three That Blocked Us The primary vetoes that weakened stronger UN action on Namibia came from the very same countries now smiling in our capital cities and signing "partnership" agreements with us. 1. United States – Vetoed multiple Namibia resolutions (1975, 1981, 1985, 1986). 2. ...