Joseph Diescho
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Joseph Diescho is a Namibia
n writer and political analyst. In 1988, he wrote Born of the Sun, the first novel by a native-born Namibian author.
, Kavango Region, Diescho attended Fort Hare University in South Africa
where he studied law and political science. During his student days he worked against the apartheid system and was imprisoned in Peddie and East London. Whilst working for a diamond mine company he helped found a worker's union. In 1984 he became a Fulbright scholar at Columbia University
in New York City
, where he completed his PhD in Political Science in 1992. His dissertation, entitled, "The Role of Education in the Politics of Control in Namibia: 1948-1988," explored the relationship between politics and education in Namibia.
He was an award winning television announcer for the programme South Africa Now on American public television. In 1997-8, he was the founder and presenter of The Big Picture, a weekly economic and political analysis programme on SABC 2.
His novel Born of the Sun was published in the U.S.
in 1988 and his second novel Troubled Waters was published in 1993. He is one of Namibia's very few native born novelists.
He is currently the director of the International Relations and Partnerships Office at UNISA.
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
n writer and political analyst. In 1988, he wrote Born of the Sun, the first novel by a native-born Namibian author.
Education
Born in AndaraAndara
Andara is a village in Mukwe Constituency, Kavango Region, Namibia. Located 200km east of Rundu, it is inhabited primarily by the Hambukushu people. It is the home of the Holy Family Parish, a Roman Catholic mission...
, Kavango Region, Diescho attended Fort Hare University in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
where he studied law and political science. During his student days he worked against the apartheid system and was imprisoned in Peddie and East London. Whilst working for a diamond mine company he helped found a worker's union. In 1984 he became a Fulbright scholar at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in New York City
New York City
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, where he completed his PhD in Political Science in 1992. His dissertation, entitled, "The Role of Education in the Politics of Control in Namibia: 1948-1988," explored the relationship between politics and education in Namibia.
He was an award winning television announcer for the programme South Africa Now on American public television. In 1997-8, he was the founder and presenter of The Big Picture, a weekly economic and political analysis programme on SABC 2.
His novel Born of the Sun was published in the U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in 1988 and his second novel Troubled Waters was published in 1993. He is one of Namibia's very few native born novelists.
He is currently the director of the International Relations and Partnerships Office at UNISA.