I-Namibia ngokusemthethweni iRiphabhliki ye-Namibia, yinarha eseSewula ye-Afrika. Umngcele wayo osentshonalanga yi-Atlantic Ocean. Yabelana ngemingcele yephasi ne-Angola ne-Zambia ngetlhagwini, i-Botswana ngepumalanga kanye neSewula Afrika ngepumalanga nesewula. Nanyana ingasi emngceleni we-Zimbabwe, ngaphasi kwamamitha ama-200 (amafidi ama-660) we-Botswana kwesokudla somlambo i-Zambezi ahlukanisa amazwe womabili. Inhlokodolobha yayo nedorobha elikhulu kunazo zoke yi-Windhoek.
Inarha eyomileko khulu e-Afrika esewula ye-Sahara, i-Namibia beyisolo ihlala abantu bama-Khoi, ama-San, ama-Damara kanye nama-Nama. Ngekhulu leminyaka ye-14, abantu abafudukako bamaBantu bafika njengengcenye yokwanda kwamaBantu. Kusukela ngo-1600 ama-Ovambo akha imibuso, njenge-Ondonga ne-Oukwanyama.