This book documents and analyses the involvement of Norway in the liberation struggle in Southern Africa. Apart from focussing on the formulation of official policies and the extensive cooperation with the liberation movements in the field of humanitarian assistance, mainly based on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs records, the study highlights the popular involvement and commitment to the struggle. Separate chapters are concerned with the churches, trade unions and solidarity movements, such as the Norwegian Council for Southern Africa and the Namibia Committee. The book also includes a case study on the battle for sanctions.The Study forms part of the Nordic Africa Institute's research and documentation project "National Liberation in Southern Africa: The Role of the Nordic Countries".
CONTENTS -- 1. The Origins of a Special Relationship: Norway and Southern Africa 1960-1975/Tore Linné Eriksen -- 2. The Namibian Liberation Struggle: Direct Norwegian Support to SWAPO/Eva Helene Østbye -- 3. The South African Liberation Struggle: Official Norwegian Support/Eva Helene Østbye -- 4. Norway and "Rhodesia": 1965-980/Wolf Lorenz -- 5. "Fuelling the Apartheid War Machine": A Case Study of Shipowners, Sanctions and Solidarity Movements/Tore Linné Eriksen and Anita Kristensen Krokan -- 6. The Norwegian Council for Southern Africa (NOCOSA): A Study in Solidarity and Activism/Nina Drolsum -- 7.The Freedom Struggle in Southern Africa: The Role of the Norwegian Churches 1948-1994/Berit Hagen Agøy -- 8. Trade Union Support to the Struggle Against Apartheid: The Role of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions/Vesla Vetlesen -- 9. Pioneering Local Activism: The Namibia/Eva Helene Østbye -- 10. An Ambiguous Champion: Some Concluding Remarks/Tore Linné Eriksen