| Herero heroes: a socio-political history of the Herero of Namibia, 1890-1923 JB Gewald Ohio State University Press / James Currey Oxford / David Philip Cape Town, 1999 | 405 | 1999 |
| Völkermord in Deutsch-Südwestafrika: der Kolonialkrieg (1904-1908) in Namibia und seine Folgen M Brehl, A Eckert, L Förster, U van der Heyden, R Kößler, JB Gewald, ... Ch. Links Verlag, 2016 | 270 | 2016 |
| Words cannot be found: German colonial rule in Namibia: an annotated reprint of the 1918 Blue Book J Silvester, JB Gewald Brill, 2003 | 214 | 2003 |
| The Speed of Change: motor vehicles and people in Africa, 1890-2000 JB Gewald, S Luning, K Van Walraven Brill, 2009 | 115 | 2009 |
| Situating globality: African agency in the appropriation of global culture W Van Binsbergen, R van Dijk Brill, 2004 | 114* | 2004 |
| One Zambia, many histories: towards a history of post-colonial Zambia G Macola One Zambia, Many Histories, 2008 | 98 | 2008 |
| Strength beyond structure: Social and historical trajectories of agency in Africa M de Bruijn, R van Dijk, JB Gewald Social and Historical Trajectories of Agency in Africa. Leiden: Brill, 2007 | 74* | 2007 |
| Herero genocide in the twentieth century: politics and memory JB Gewald Rethinking resistance, 279-304, 2003 | 63 | 2003 |
| 3. Hunter-Gatherers, Traders and Slaves: The'Mfecane'Impact on Bushmen, their Ritual and their Art D Wylie, J Wright, A Webster, C Saunders, J Peires, N Parsons, ... Mfecane Aftermath: Reconstructive Debates in Southern African History, 51-70, 1995 | 55 | 1995 |
| Imperial Germany and the herero of Southern Africa: Genocide and the quest for recompense JB Gewald | 54 | 2004 |
| Archaeological indicators for stress in the Western Transvaal region between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries S Hall The Mfecane Aftermath. Reconstructive Debates in Southern African History …, 1995 | 47 | 1995 |
| People, Cattle and Land: transformations of a pastoral society in southwestern Africa M Bollig, JB Gewald | 44 | 2000 |
| 'We thought we would be free...': socio-cultural aspects of Herero history in Namibia 1915-1940 JB Gewald | 43* | 2000 |
| Colonization, genocide and resurgence: the Herero of Namibia 1890-1933 JB Gewald History, cultural traditions and innovations in Southern Africa, 187-226, 2000 | 40 | 2000 |
| Transforming innovations in Africa: Explorative studies on appropriation in African societies JB Gewald, A Leliveld, I Peša Brill, 2012 | 39 | 2012 |
| More than Red Rubber and figures alone: A critical appraisal of the memory of the Congo Exhibition at the Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium JB Gewald The International Journal of African Historical Studies 39 (3), 471-486, 2006 | 38 | 2006 |
| Towards redemption: a socio-political history of the Herero of Namibia between 1890 and 1923 JB Gewald | 38* | 1996 |
| Social and historical trajectories of agency in Africa: An introduction R Van Dijk, M De Bruijn, JB Gewald Strength beyond structure: Social and historical trajectories of agency in …, 2007 | 37 | 2007 |
| Motor vehicles and people in Africa: An introduction JB Gewald, S Luning, K Van Walraven The Speed of change, 1-18, 2009 | 31 | 2009 |
| Near death in the streets of Karibib: Famine, migrant labour and the coming of Ovambo to central Namibia JB Gewald The Journal of African History 44 (2), 211-239, 2003 | 31 | 2003 |