It is a great privilege for me to preside over this august event, namely the launch of the revised limited edition of ‘Lüderitz: A Journey Through Time’ and to address a distinguished audience. I was informed that the first edition of this book, ‘Lüderitz: A Journey Through Time’, was published in 2017 and launched in September as we do today in this very same month. As part of NovaNam’s celebration of the opening of the Namibia Maritime Museum, they published a limited revised edition.
The expanded second edition, which will incorporate the ever-increasing developments happening at Lüderitz, I was reliably further informed, will be published in time for the 35th anniversary of Namibia’s independence celebrations in March 2025. The importance and relevance of capturing the many and varied facets of Lüderitz through time in a book, is so that all of us can remember our past and our present to make for a better future for all at the town, the region, and indeed the country. This Namibian southerly coastal town, which was initially named Lüderitzbucht after German businessman Adolf Lüderitz in 1886, has a very rich history that merits its telling to all generations.
On the other hand, this town, of which the constituency was renamed to !Nami#Nus in 2013, has a legendary tapestry of history, architecture, local economy, adventure, geography, and offerings, which are unique. Visitors to this town are amazed by the stark contrasts of the cold Atlantic Ocean .