Includes bibliographical references and index.

Literacy in Namibia: local and global dimensions of reading and writ ing. -- Introduction to the ethnographic context: Namibia 12 years afte r achieving independence. -- Studying literacy in Namibia: multiple met hods and multiple roles. -- Everything is in English: literacies of wo rk and public life in Katutura and Windhoek. -- Banks, loans and invoic es: bureaucratic literacy practices. -- Shopping without money: literac ies of consumerism. -- Visit one of the most untamed and beautiful part s of wild Africa : introduction to literacy and tourism in Namibia. -- Signposts, flyers and brochures: promotional literacy practices. -- anm ire damara cultural village : the discourses of eco- and ethno-tourism. -- Meeting literacies face-to-face tours: experience with the Windhoek municipality. -- A further example of meeting literacies: the consulta nt's report. -- Learning new literacies : a social literacies perspecti ve. -- Literacy, power and change: implications for the theory and prac tice of adult literacy.