Health and safety addendum

I forgot to repeat some political analysis that we heard from embassy staff relevant to explaining the high variance in income in Namibia. I have always equated colonialism and bad: exploitation, oppression, conversion. But Namibia may actually be at a further disadvantage because it was not a colony (at least recently: German occupation ended after WWI). African colonies enjoyed some intellectual and human resource exchange with European countries, producing an educated leadership that could take over when occupation ended. In contrast, black Africans under apartheid were systematically denied access to opportunities for educational and economic advancement, and this has devastating carry-over to this generation. Very few black Namibians have higher degrees, mostly via education in the States – but they include prominent people such as the first and current (second) president of the country and rector of Poly. (When will the US elect a PhD as president?!?)