VON SCHELMEN UND TATORTEN, VON LITERATUR UND SPRACHE, festdchrift für Hans-Vilker Gretschel

177pp., paperback

Professor Hans-Volker Gretschel was involved in teacher education, the teaching of German as a first and as a foreign language, and in training translators in Namibia. He taught at the University of Namibia, where he was Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Studies from 2005-2007. Includes essays on literature, language development in Namibia and language teaching in sub-Saharan Africa. All the essays are in German except for "Being German in South Africa - three life stories from the late 19th and early 20th century" by Rolf Annas