Atlantic Coastline

Just Chillin'

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March 10th 2007
No one would have heard of this place - the mouth of the Swakop River in German or the "bottom of excrement" in Nama, but for Angelina Jolie. Of all African countires, she decided to come to Namibia, specifically, to Swakopmund to have her baby with Brad Pitt. And for the first time, Swakopmund has a little space on the world map ever since. It is hard to understand Hollywood stars but it is easy ... read more

Africa » Namibia » Swakopmund

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South Africa occupied the German colony of South-West Africa during World War I and administered it as a mandate until after World War II, when it annexed the territory. In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla gr... ... read more