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2. Hendrik Witbooi (Nama chief) - Wikipedia

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   Hendrik Witbooi (c.1830 – 29 October 1905) [1] was a chief of the ǀKhowesin people, a sub-tribe of the Khoikhoi.He led the Nama people during their revolts against the German colonial empire in present-day Namibia, in connection with the events surrounding the Herero and Namaqua Genocide.

3. Category:National heroes of Namibia - Wikipedia

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   About Category:National heroes of Namibia and related categories: This category's scope contains articles about National heroes of Namibia, which may be a contentious label. Pages in category "National heroes of Namibia"

4. Anna Mungunda - Wikipedia

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   Anna "Kakurukaze" Mungunda (1932–10 December 1959) was a Namibian woman of Herero descent. She was the only woman among the casualties of the Old Location uprising in Windhoek on 10 December 1959. Since Namibia's independence on 21 March 1990, Mungunda is regarded one of the heroes of the Namibian nation. [1] [2]

5. Heroes' Acre (Namibia) - Wikipedia

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   Aerial view of Heroes´s Acre in 2017. Heroes' Acre is an official war memorial of the Republic of Namibia. Built into the uninhabited hills 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of the city centre of Windhoek, Heroes' Acre opened on 26 August 2002. It was created to "foster a spirit of patriotism and nationalism, and to pass [this] to the future ...

6. Andimba Toivo ya Toivo - Wikipedia

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   Herman Andimba Toivo ya Toivo (22 August 1924 – 9 June 2017) was a Namibian anti-apartheid activist, politician and political prisoner.Ya Toivo was active in the pre-independence movement, and is one of the co-founders of the South West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) in 1960, and before that, its predecessor the Ovamboland People's Organization (OPO) in 1959.

7. Herero Day - Wikipedia

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   Herero Day (also known as Red Flag Day and Red Flag Heroes' Day, Otjiherero: Otjiserandu) [1] is a gathering of the Herero people of Namibia to commemorate their deceased chieftains. It is held in Okahandja in central Namibia annually on August 26, the day and place Herero chief Samuel Maharero 's body was reburied alongside his ancestors in ...

8. List of Ondonga kings - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of the kings of the Ondonga people, a Namibian subtribe of the Owambo. [1] [2] The kingdom was founded in 1650.Since then there have been 18 kings. [3] The kings reside at a Royal Homestead in a village of their choice with Onamungundo having been a royal seat for more than 2 kings.

9. Samuel Maharero - Wikipedia

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   Herero chief Samuel Maharero (third from left) The initial attacks in the revolt, begun on January 12, 1904, were successful and involved the killings of 123 persons, mostly German landowners (Marero had issued an order to his forces to avoid harming Boers, English, missionaries, and other non-German whites). [4]