Information in English | Nelao Verlag

What we are here for

Nelao is the Oshiwambo name for the one who is lucky.

Lucky like the people who found the first diamond in the Namib Desert in 1908 and whose stories became our first book "Ein Karat zu Zwanzig Mark".

Based on that experience, our mission is to publish more stories from Namibia...stories that have not been told, stories that are not yet available beyond Namibia, stories that would otherwise be forgotten.

Contact us if you have got a story worth telling

Delia Magg-Thesenvitz

German by passport, I have found a second home in Windhoek were I have have been staying since 2012.

I am our ear, scout and networker in Namibia.

Contact me if you want to discuss a project or if you need contacts in Namibia.

Anke Weltzien

I am based in Germany and in charge of logistics and accounting.

Contact me if you want to order a book for yourself, or if you want to stock our book in your shop.

Our network

We are lucky to work with some of the best experts and professionals in Namibia.

Let's talk

Do you also find it important that Namibian stories are preserved, published and shared? Help us to publish an English version of "Ein Karat zu Zwanzig Mark".

Are you a tour operator or a lodge? Contact us to host a fireside chat or a sundowner talk with your guests.

Media inquiries and interviews Contact us for information about Kolmannskuppe, the diamond rush, the German colonial era till 1915, early German settlers in German South-West Africa, or life as as a migrant in today's Namibia.