<P> Namibia , despite its scant population , is home to a wide diversity of languages , from multiple language families : Indo - European , Bantu , and the various Khoisan families . When Namibia was administered by South Africa , Afrikaans , German , and English enjoyed an equal status as official languages . Upon Namibian independence in 1990 , English was enshrined as the nation 's sole official language in the constitution of Namibia . German and Afrikaans were stigmatised as having colonial overtones , while the rising of Mandela 's Youth League and the 1951 Defiance Campaign spread English among the masses as the language of the campaign against apartheid . </P>
<P> Namibia , despite its scant population , is home to a wide diversity of languages , from multiple language families : Indo - European , Bantu , and the various Khoisan families . When Namibia was administered by South Africa , Afrikaans , German , and English enjoyed an equal status as official languages . Upon Namibian independence in 1990 , English was enshrined as the nation 's sole official language in the constitution of Namibia . German and Afrikaans were stigmatised as having colonial overtones , while the rising of Mandela 's Youth League and the 1951 Defiance Campaign spread English among the masses as the language of the campaign against apartheid . </P>
when did namibia choose english as its main national language
when did namibia choose english as its main national language
1990
1990