Tag: independence

From humble beginnings to the highest office in Namibia

The young Netumbo’s formative years were influenced and determined by her family, the community, society, religion and politics. Her father was one of the first spiritual leaders of the Anglican Church in Oukwanyama and helped to establish St Mary’s Mission Church at Odibo in the 1920s.

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The One Who Gave Namibia Independence

Freedom fighter. Revolutionary. Liberation hero. Pan-Africanist. Sam Nujoma was all of this and so much more. He was the Father of the Namibian nation, and the pioneer who led Namibia to independence. Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma was born on 12 May 1929 at Etunda village near Okahao in the Omusati Region.

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