In a country like Namibia, where few academics often have to cover a
subject in all its aspects, the scope of research necessarily has to be
wide. In the case of the one honoured with this Festschrift, Hans-Volker
Joachim Gretschel, these areas cover the German language and literature,
comparative literature, translation, as well as didactics and
lexicography. In this book, with contributions in German and English,
his colleagues, friends and companions address all of these issues.
Nonetheless this is not a random potpourri but one united by the
relevance for the development of Namibia. The reader can look forward to
noteworthy articles showing the way for German and German Studies in
Southern Africa.