Milton Louw - Think Namibia Forward

Many years ago I was asked, Who are you? This was before Independence and I understood my credentials were being questioned. My reply was, First, I am a human being, secondly I am a Namibian. Last, and least important, is my colour.

A friend of mine encouraged me to prepare this book and I knew the following words of Karl Marx, written in a letter to his father, would be fitting:
“There are moments in one's life which are like frontier posts marking the completion of a period but at the same time clearly indicating a new direction.
At such a moment of transition we feel compelled to view the past and the present with the eagle eye of thought in order to become conscious of our real position. Indeed, world history itself likes to look back in this way and take stock, which often gives it the appearance of retrogression or stagnation, whereas it is merely, as it were, sitting back in an armchair in order to understand itself and mentally grasp its own activity, that of the mind.”