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Oukwanyama (Uukwanyama in the
neighbouring Oshindonga dialect) is a
traditional kingdom of the
Ovambo people in what is
today northern Namibia and southern...
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Mandume ya
Ndemufayo (1894 – 6
February 1917) was the last king of the
Oukwanyama, a
subset of the
Ovambo people of
southern Angola and
northern Namibia...
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Ohamba (Queen) of the
Oukwanyama, a
dynasty of the
Ovambo people in
northern Namibia.
Queen Mwadinomho was born into the
Oukwanyama royal family at Oifidi...
- expansion. From 1600 the
Ovambo formed kingdoms, such as
Ondonga and
Oukwanyama. In 1884, the
German Empire established rule over most of the territory...
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Portuguese and
German Empires during colonial rule,
which cut
through the
Oukwanyama tribal area,
placing some in
Angola and
others in Namibia. This results...
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attempts of the
Portuguese to
subjugate the
Ovambos of
Ombadja and
Oukwanyama were
initially unsuccessful, and 1904 they
suffered a m****ive
defeat at...
- in the
Ohangwena Region in
northern Namibia.
Formerly situated in the
Oukwanyama area it is
since 2004 part of the town
Helao Nafidi,
although it still...
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Simson Teteinge Haivela ****uwa (b. ca. 1871 Oilambo,
Oukwanyama,
Angola — died 30
January 1969) was one of the
first seven Ovambo pastors, whom the director...
- with Namibia. It was
traditionally the seat of the
Ovambo king of the
Oukwanyama tribe.
Ondjiva was
greatly affected by the
Angolan Civil War (1975-2002)...
- pre-colonial and
early colonial times, such as Ondonga, Ongandjera, and
Oukwanyama. Its
endonym is
Ovambo ~ Owambo. In the 1960s,
South Africa,
which was...
