At the age of 87 Dirk Mudge now publishes his long-awaited autobiography. This remarkable man was involved full time in the politics of South West Africa, and later Namibia, for a period of 33 years. He entered the political arena in 1960 as a member of the Legislative Assembly of the National Party of South West Africa. Mudge describes how he initially supported the ideologies of the National Party, but gradually came to change his views and politics. This inevitably lead to his resignation from this party and to the establishment of his own party: The Pepublican Party. He had a personal involvement in the drawing up of the new Constitution of the Republic of Namibia and tries to give answers to questions about why it took Namibia so long to reach independence. He also explains the role South Africa and the international community played in this major event.