BIOGRAPHIES OF NAMIBIAN
PERSONALITIES
in alphabetical order
KLAUS DIERKS
Copyright © 2003-2004 Dr. Klaus Dierks
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001748
Nachtigal, Gustav, Dr.
* 23.02.1834 in Germany
+ 20.04.1885
First entry to Namibia: 1884
Last departure from Namibia: 1884
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Gustav Nachtigal was born on 23.02.1834 in Germany. He was a German Africa traveller,
famous for his travels in the Sahara and Sudan 1869-1884. He was tasked by Bismarck with
the formal occupation of Togo, Cameroon and South West Africa, for which he was given the
rank of Consul-General. On 07.10.1884 and after having been
appointed Commissioner for West Africa, Gustav Nachtigal arrived with the German
battleship Möwe in Angra Pequeña. On 28.10.1884 a protection treaty was agreed between
Joseph Frederiks II of Bethany and Gustav Nachtigal, this being the first such treaty
between Germany and the territory’s indigenous communities. Nachtigal
died on 20.04.1885.
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Gender: m
RAW DATA: Esterhuyse 1968:72; Drechsler 1966:32-33, 328-329; Dt.Koloniallexikon;
000106
Nailenge, Shinema
[Nailenge, Shimina - alternative spelling]
*
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Shinema Nailenge was tried with other Namibians in the Pretoria Terrorism Trial, between
September 1967 and February 1968. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, reduced to 20
years on appeal, on Robben Island.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: PRI 3/27 (Prison file)
002264
Nakakwiila, Ovamboland (Uukwaluudhi) King
*
+
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The second Uukwaluudhi King on record was King Nakakwiila. He
followed King Amukwa yAmunyela. He ruled before 1850. The first seven Uukwaluudhi kings
cannot be dated. His successor was the third Uukwaluudhi King Kamongwa.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002276
Nakano, Ovamboland (Uukwambi)
King
*
+
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The second Uukwambi King on record was King Nakano. He followed
King Mukwambi. He ruled before 1750. The first seven Uukwambi kings cannot be dated. His
successor was the third Uukwambi King Mbulungundju.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002282
Nakantu kaNakwedhi, Ovamboland (Uukwambi) King
*
+ .1780
---
The eighth Uukwambi King on record was King Nakantu kaNakwedhi
(1750-1780). He followed King Nakwedhi (Mukwiilongo). His successor was the ninth Uukwambi
King Nuukata waTshiinga (1780-1800).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
000107
Nakanyala, Risto
*
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Risto Nakanyala was detained in December 1975. He was held in Pretoria. He was charged in
May 1976 in Windhoek under the Terrorism Act, accused of involvement in the murders of
four whites and a black police sergeant. He was convicted October 1976. The sentence is
unknown.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Namibia National Archives Database
002255
Nakashwa, Ovamboland (Ongandjera) Queen
*
+
---
The seventeenth Ongandjera Queen was Nakashwa in 1862 who ruled for
a short while during 1862. She succeeded King Ekandjo lya Kadhila. She was overpowered by
King Tsheya tsUutshona (1862-1878).
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Gender: f
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002162
!Na-khom Gamab, Kai||khaun Captain (Red Nation)
*
+ .1840
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!Na-khom Gamab was the Captain of the Kai||khauan (Red Nation) from 1824 until 1840. He
was the ninth in the genealogy of the Kai||khaun. He was succeeded by ||Oaseb !Na-khomab
(1840-1867).
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Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Traditional leader
Functions: Captain - Kai||khaun (Red Nation) - 1824-1840
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002281
Nakwedhi (Mukwiilongo), Ovamboland (Uukwambi) King
*
+ ca. 1750
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The seventh Uukwambi King on record was King Nakwedhi
(Mukwiilongo). He followed King Nuyoma wAmutako. He ruled before 1750. The first seven
Uukwambi kings cannot be precisely dated. His successor was the eight Uukwambi King
Nakantu kaNakwedhi (1750-1780).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002251
Nalukale, Ovamboland (Ongandjera) King
*
+
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The thirteenth Ongandjera King on record was Nalukale. He ruled
before 1858. The first 14 Ongandjera kings cannot be dated. His successor was the
fourteenth Ongandjera king Namutenya who ruled until 1858.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002304
Namadi ya Mweihanyeka, Ovamboland (Uukwanyama) King
* in Namibia? Angola?
+ .1884
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Namadi ya Mweihanyeka was the thirteenth Uukwanyama
king. He followed Mweshipandeka sha Shaningika in 1882. He ruled
from 1882 until 1884. King Namadi ya Mweihanyeka died in 1884. His successor was the 13th
Uukwanyama King Ueyulu ya Hedimbi (1884-1904).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Functions: King - Uukwanyama - 1882-1884
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002245
Namatsi, Ovamboland (Ongandjera) King
*
+
---
The seventh Ongandjera King on record was Namatsi. He ruled before
1858. The first 14 Ongandjera kings cannot be dated. His successor was the eighth
Ongandjera king Amunyela gwIileka.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002250
Namatsi, Ovamboland (Ongandjera) King
*
+
---
The twelfth Ongandjera King on record was Namatsi. He ruled before
1858. The first 14 Ongandjera kings cannot be dated. His successor was the thirteenth
Ongandjera king Nalukale.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002232
Nambala yaKadhikwa, Martin, Ovamboland (Ondonga) King
*
+ .1942 in Namibia
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The 12th Ondonga King Martin Nambala yaKadhikwa ruled from 1912
until 1942. In 1939 he rebelled against the SWA Administration.
Three war planes intimidated King Martin into ending the rebellion. He died in 1942. He
was followed by the 13th Ondonga King Kambonde kaNamene (1942-1960).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
000108
Nambinga, Rehabeam Olavi
*
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Rehabeam Olavi Nambinga was tried with other Namibians in the Pretoria Terrorism Trial,
between September 1967 and February 1968. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben
Island.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: PRI 3/24 (Prison file)
000109
Nampala, Karel
*
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Karel Nampala was charged in Windhoek in May 1976 under the Terrorism Act with involvement
in housebreaking and the murders of four whites and a black police sergeant. He was
sentenced in October 1976 to seven years imprisonment, three years suspended.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Namibia National Archives Database
000352
Namuhuja, Hans Daniel
* 22.12.1924
+ 22.07.1998 at Windhoek
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Hans Daniel Namuhuja was born on 22.12.1924 in northern Namibia. He received his primary
education at Walvis Bay, then at Oniipa, and his secondary education at Ongwediva Boys
School from 1941 to 1943. He attended the Oniipa Training School from 1944 until 1946 and
afterwards taught at Oniipa Training School. From 1948 to 1953 he completed a Higher
Teaching Diploma in South Africa, and after his return again taught at Oniipa Training
School. In 1963, he was appointed as Inspector of Schools in Ovamboland. He further
pursued his studies with the University College of the North (South Africa) and graduated
with a BA (Hons.). He also served as chairman of the Oshindonga Language Committee and as
Examiner for Oshindonga in missionary schools. Namuhuja was a prolific writer in his
native Oshindonga, and his novel "Omahodhi gaavali", published in 1959 by the
Finnish Mission Press in Oniipa, was the first novel of a "black" Namibian to be
published. Most of his published work became prescribed reading in schools teaching
Oshindonga, and saw several reprints. One of his novels was translated into Finnish. Apart
from his original literary work, he also translated Shakespeare's Julius Caesar into
Oshindonga. He died on 22.07.1998 at Windhoek after suffering a stroke.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: EDU WRI
Profession: Teacher
Functions: Chairman - Oshindonga Language Committee
Namibia National Archives Database
000476
Namundjebo, Eliakim
* 16.12.1937
+ 13.02.1991
---
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Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman
Namibia National Archives Database
000238
Namupapa
*
+ 31.07.1857
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Namupapa was a son of Ondonga King Nangolo dAmutenya (ca. 1820-1857) who was in command of
the Ondonga warriors who attacked Carl Hugo Hahn's party in Ovamboland on 31.07.1857, and
who was presumably killed during the attack.
---
Gender: m
Namibia National Archives Database
002252
Namutenya, Ovamboland (Ongandjera) King
*
+ .1858
---
The fourteenth Ongandjera King on record was Namutenya. He ruled
until 1858. His successor was the fifteenth Ongandjera king Amunyela gwa Tshaningwa
(1858-1862).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002305
Nande, Ovamboland (Uukwanyama) King
*
+ .1911
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Nande was the fourteenth King of the Uukwanyama area. He ruled from 1904 until
1911. He succeeded King Ueyulu ya Hedimbi in 1904. In 1904, in
Angola, the Portuguese attacked further positions of the Angolese people south of the
Kunene River. Several battles were fought with warriors from the Ombandja area at
Omwandiwoshivandje, Ouhekeweenghenghe, Omakhungu and Evelo la Pembe. During 1904 the
Ombandja King Shihetekela Hiudulu entered a coalition with various Ovambo communities
(Uukwambi, Ombalantu, Uukwaluudhi and Ongandjera) against the Portuguese. Various battles
were fought between the Ombandja-Ovambo coalition and the Portuguese (Onhundayevala
(1904), Eloveya la Nanghanga, Omufilu, Omukoyimo, Omufitu uaNdeiteja, Oda yanangeda and
Onangovo (1907). After the Portuguese defeated the Ombandja-Ovambo coalition, King
Shihetekela retreated into the Uukwanyama area, to Onangodji near Ombuba yomanyoshe, in
order to re-organise his resistance against the Portuguese colonial power. Because his
relationship with the Uukwanyama King Ueyulu ya Hedimbi and his successor, King Nande, was
not good, he had to wait until King Nande's successor, Mandume ya Ndemufayo, assisted him
to step up Ombandja resistance. King Nande died in 1911. He was followed by the 15th Uukwanyama King Mandume ya Ndemufayo (1911-1917).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Raw Data: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002241
Nandigolo uIitula, Ovamboland (Ongandjera) King
*
+
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The fourth Ongandjera King on record was Nandigolo uIitula (in the
fourth genealogy level have been three kings: Nandigolo, Niita and Nuunyango). He ruled
before 1858. The first 14 Ongandjera kings cannot be dated. His successor was Ongandjera
king Nuunyango uIitula.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
000228
Nangolo dAmutenya, Ovamboland (Ondonga) King
* .1790
+ 31.07.1857
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Nangolo dAmutenya (ca. 1820-1857) was the fifth king of Ondonga after his uncle Nembungu
lyAmuntundu (1750-ca. 1820), son of Amutundu's sister Nambahu, in matrilineal succession.
He was powerful, rich, and had many children. He established the
capital Ondonga. During his reign his kingdom grew in power and wealth. He
died on 31.07.1857, apparently of a heart attack, shortly after some of his men attacked
Carl Hugo Hahn's expedition in 1857, and was succeeded as king by his brother Shipanga
shAmukwiita (1857-1859), followed by Shikongo sha Kalulu (1859-1874).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002244
Nangombe, Ovamboland (Ongandjera) King
*
+
---
The sixth Ongandjera King on record was Nangombe. He ruled before
1858. The first 14 Ongandjera kings cannot be dated. His successor was the seventh
Ongandjera king Namatsi.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002238
Nangombe ya Mangundu, Ovamboland (Ongandjera) King
*
+
---
The second Ongandjera King on record was Nangombe ya Mangundu. He
ruled before 1858. The first 14 Ongandjera kings cannot be dated. His successor was the
third Ongandjera king Amatundu ga Nima.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002227
Nangombe yaMvula, Ovamboland (Ondonga) King
*
+ .1750
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The second Ondonga King Shindongo shaNamutenya gwa Nguti was
defeated by Nangombe yaMvula in 1700 who became the third Ondonga King. He lived at
Oshamba village. He ruled until 1750.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002139
||Nanib, !Gami-#nun Captain (Bondelswarts)
*
+
---
||Nanib was the successor of the mythological Captain of the !Gami-#nun
(Bondelswarts),#Oab, (meaning "Wind"), around 1800. He was the fifth in the
recorded genealogy of the !Gami-#nun captains. His successor was Amaxab (before 1850).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Traditional leader
Functions: Captain - Bondelswarts - before 1850
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002085
Nankali, Uukwangali Queen
[Hompa, traditional title]
*
+ around 1775
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In the Kavango, one of the earliest recorded Uukwangali Queens was Nankali. She was the
second in the recorded genealogy of the Uukwangali kings and queens. She ruled around
1775. During the reign of Nankali tensions between neighbouring Kavango groups
developed. The Kwangali community moved from Makuzu to Sihangu (near Mukukuta). Later they
moved from Mukukuta to Karai in Angola (opposite Nkurenkuru in present-day Namibia). The
successor of Hompa Nankali was Queen Simbara (between 1785 and 1800).
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
000110
Nankudhu, Johannes yaOtto
*
---
On 04.03.1965 Johannes yaOtto Nankudhu (together with Tobias Hainjeko and Peter Nanyemba)
led the first group of SWAPO combatants from Kongwa/Tanzania via Nakonde/Zambia to the
Namibian border at Sesheke to commence the armed liberation struggle in Namibia. Johannes
yaOtto Nankudhu was charged in mid-1967 under the Terrorism Act. He was tried with other
Namibians in the Pretoria Terrorism Trial, between September 1967 and February 1968. He
was sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: PRI 3/14 (Prison file)
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks
002136
|Nanub, Mythological !Gami-#nun Captain (Bondelswarts)
*
+
---
|Nanub (meaning "Cloud Man") was the second mythological Captain of the
!Gami-#nun (Bondelswarts) after !Hûb, before 1800. His mythological successor was |Aib
(meaning "Fire Man").
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Traditional leader
Functions: Captain - Bondelswarts - around 1800
RAW DATA: Budack 1972:243-244; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
001749
Nanyemba, Peter
* in Namibia
+ 04.1983 in Angola
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On 04.03.1965 Peter Nanyemba (together with Tobias Hainjeko and Johannes yaOtto Nankudhu)
led the first group of SWAPO combatants from Kongwa/Tanzania via Nakonde/Zambia to the
Namibian border at Sesheke to commence the armed liberation struggle in Namibia. 1965
Nanyemba became SWAPO Secretary of Defence. He died in 1983 in a car accident in
Lubango/Angola.
---
Gender: m77
Field of activity: POL MIL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
001750
Narciss, Regierungsrat
* in Germany
---
Bezirksamtmann of Windhoek 1907-1909.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ADM
Functions: Bezirksamtmann - Windhoek - 1907-1909
RAW DATA: Hubatsch;
00111
Nashandi, Sacharia
*
---
Sacharia Nashandi was detained in February 1976 and held in Pretoria. He was charged in
Windhoek under the Terrorism Act, with involvement in housebreaking and the murders of
four whites and a black police sergeant. He was sentenced to an unknown term in 1976.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: PRI 3/27 (Prison file)
000734
#Nasmab, Abraham
*
---
Appears in Hendrik Witbooi's "Debt Book" in a list of unclear purpose.
---
Gender: m
Namibia National Archives Database
000735
#Nasmab, !Aib
*
---
Appears in Hendrik Witbooi's "Debt Book" in a list of unclear purpose.
---
Gender: m
Namibia National Archives Database
001036
Nataniel "Maxuilili", Immanuel Gottlieb
* 10.10.1927 at Tsumeb
+ 23.06.1999 at Walvis Bay
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Immanuel Gottlieb Nataniel "Maxuilili" was born on 10.10.1927 at Tsumeb. In 1959
he joined the Ovamboland People's Congress (OPO). Since 1960 he was SWAPO Acting President
(inside Namibia). On 07.09.1966 Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo,
SWAPO’s secretary at Ondangwa, and 44 other prominent SWAPO members were detained and
later tried and imprisoned on Robben Island ("Terrorism Trial": The State vs
Tuhadeleni and Others). Some of those arrested were detained without trial for over a
year, or until the passing of the Terrorism Act, No. 83 of 1967, which was made
retroactive to 27.06.1962. Among the arrested SWAPO members were Immanuel Gottlieb
Nathaniel "Maxuilili". He was convicted to five years in jail.
Since 1977 he lived under a banning order in Walvis Bay (until 1985). In 1989/90 he was
elected into the constituent Assembly. Since independence until his death on 23.06.1999
(in a car accident east of Walvis Bay) he was a Member of the National Assembly.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002266
Natshilongo shIikombo, Ovamboland (Uukwaluudhi) King
*
+
---
The fourth Uukwaluudhi King on record was King Natshilongo
shIikombo He followed King Kamongwa. He ruled before 1850. The first seven Uukwaluudhi
kings cannot be dated. His successor was the fifth Uukwaluudhi King Shikwa shAmupindi
(Kayambu).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
001751
Ndadi, Vinnia
* .1928 in Namibia
---
Vinnia Ndadi was a contract worker. He joined SWAPO and went into exile 19??. His
autobiography, recorded in the 1970s, was published in Canada 1974 (German translation
1979, Dutch translation). He served as SWAPO representative in several countries.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Namibia National Archives Database
002052
Ndaitwa, Netumbo Nandi
* 29.10.1952 at Onamutai
---
Netumbo Nandi Ndaitwa was born on 29.10.1952 at Onamutai. She was educated at St. Mary's
Mission in Odibo. She received a Post Graduate Diploma (Public Administration and
Management) at the Gellesgow College of Technology in the United Kingdom. Furthermore she
obtained a Post Graduate Diploma (International Relations) and a M.A. (Dipl.
Studies) degree from the Keele University in the United Kingdom. She joined SWAPO in 1966.
She was a Member of the SWAPO Youth League: Northern Namibia from 1970 until 1974. She
went into exile and joined SWAPO members in Zambia in 1974. She worked at the SWAPO Head
Quarters in Lusaka/Zambia from 1974 to 1975. She attended a course at the High Komsomol
School in the USSR from 1975 to 1976. She became the SWAPO Deputy Representative in Zambia
from 1976 until 1978 and the Chief Representative in Zambia from 1978 to 1980. From 1980
until 1986 she was the SWAPO Chief Representative in East Africa, based at Dar-Es-Salaam.
She was a Member of the SWAPO Central Committee from 1976 to 1986. She became President of
the Namibian National Women's Organisation (NANAWO) from 1991 until 1994. She is a Member
of the National Assembly 1990-. She was Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs 1990-96,
Director General for Women Affairs in the Office of the President from 1996-2000 and
Minister for Women Affairs since then.
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Politician
Married to:
RAW DATA: WWSA 1995-96; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
001752
Ndjoba, Cornelius Tuhafeni
* in Namibia
---
Cornelius Tuhafeni Ndjoba was an Evangelical-Lutheran pastor. In 1974 the National Democratic Party (NDP) was founded by him. The NDP joined the Turnhalle
Constitutional Conference in 1975. On 26.08.1975 he was elected as the new Chief Minister
of the tribal Ovambo Executive. On 05.11.1977 the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) was
founded, with Ovaherero Chief Clemence Kapuuo as its first President and Dirk Mudge its
Chairman. The NUDO (Clemence Kapuuo), the RBA (Ben Africa), the LP (Andrew Kloppers), the
RP (Dirk Mudge), SWAPDUF (Engelhardt Christy), the Nama Alliance (Daniël Luipert) and the
NDP (Cornelius Tuhafeni Ndjoba) joined the DTA as member parties. On 03.07.1978 Ndjoba,
Chief Minister of the Ovambo Government, Ndjoba, became the new DTA President. In October
1980 DTA President Ndjoba resigned.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL REL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002195
Ndomo, Ovaherero Chief
*
+
---
In ca. 1820 Maharero (or Kamaharero) was born to Ua Tjirue
Tjamuaha and his first wife Otjorozumo, daughter of Ndomo, daughter of Peraa, daughter of
Mbondo, daughter of Mukuejuva of the eanda yomukueyuva (community or clan).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Traditional leader
Functions: Chief - Ovaherero - before 1820
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
001068
Neef, Marie Minna
* at Harz Mountains, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1921
---
Marie Minna Neef arrived from Germany in 1921, and started her own business in Windhoek
1923. she started a real estate business in 1925. She was the owner of Marie Neef Building
in Windhoek.
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businesswoman
Father: Julius Zahn
Namibia National Archives Database
002291
Negumbo lya Kandenge, Ovamboland (Uukwambi) King
*
+ .1907
---
The seventeenth Uukwambi King was King Negumbo lya Kandenge
(1875-1907). He followed King Nuyoma (1863-1875). Negumbo was a moderate king and managed
to unify the Uukwambi community once again after the decline of its royal power due to the
many wars in the past. In 1890, at the invitation of Ongandjera King Tshaanika Tsha
Natshilongo, the Rhenish Missionary Society sent out two missionaries, August Wulfhorst
and Friedrich Meisenholl, to work in the Ongandjera area in Ovamboland. On their way to
Okahao they were stopped by King Negumbo. Thereafter the missionaries were invited by
Uukwanyama King Ueyulu ya Hedimbi to establish mission stations in the Uukwanyama area
instead (which they do in 1891). In October 1900 Erich Victor Carl August Franke visited
the Ovamboland Kings Kambonde kaMpingana of the Ondonga and Ueyulu ya Hedimbi of the
Uukwanyama areas. Uukwambi King Negumbo refused to allow Franke to visit his territory and
threatened the Germans with war. Franke reported about growing native resistance against
the activities of the Finnish missionaries. In June 1901 war between the Germans and King
Negumbo seemed imminent. Captain Kliefoth had to retreat. For this reason Georg Hartmann
of the OMEG later decided to bypass the Uukwambi area in planning a railway line between
Otavi and Porto Alexandre in Angola. Hartmann investigated a line between Otavi and the
Ondonga areas of Kings Nehale and Kambonde kaMpingana, to be continued to the Uukwanyama
area of King Ueyulu ya Hedimbi, to Humbe, Porto Alexandre and Mossamedes (Namibe in
present Angola). After the death of King Negumbo in 1907, Iipumbu ya Tshilongo (1907-1932)
became the new king (1907-1932).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
000112
Nehale, Festus
*
---
Festus Nehale was arrested in 1966. He was sentenced 1968 in Pretoria to 20 years'
imprisonment.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: PO
Namibia National Archives Database
001060
Nehale lyaMpingana, Ovamboland (Ondonga (East)) King
[Nechale lyaMpingana - alternative spelling]
* in Namibia
+ 04.1908 in Namibia
---
When the ninth Ondonga King Iitana yaNekwiyu died on 26.09.1884, he was succeeded by two Ondonga kings: King Kambonde
kaMpingana (1884-1909) with the capital Onamayongo (or Okaloko according to other oral
evidence)(western Ondonga) and King Nehale (1884-1908) with the capital Onayena in the
Oshitambi area (eastern Ondonga). Nehale lyaMpingana was the younger brother
of Ondonga (West) King Kambonde kaMpingana. He was an ambitious leader, he instituted a
secession of the eastern part of Ondonga from his brother's kingdom where he ruled as a
parallel king. Nehale was much less conciliatory towards the missions and towards
Europeans in general than his brother. Consequently the Finnish
Missionary Society supported King Kambonde against King Nehale with weapons and ammunition
because King Nehale was perceived to be an "enemy of the European mission work in
Africa". On 21.04.1885, William Worthington
Jordan bought 50 000 km2 of land from King Kambonde. Jordan called this area
"Republic Upingtonia" and a group of Dorsland-Trekkers from Angola
settled there – in the area of Otavi and Otjiwanda (Oshiwambo: Oshaandashongwe;
Khoekhoegowab: Kai|aub)(present-day Grootfontein) which included the copper mines at
Tsumeb. This deal increased the tensions between the two kings Kambonde and Nehale. Jordan
was murdered in 1886 in Ondonga, allegedly inspired by King Nehale. The Republic
Upingtonia was consequently dissolved (June 1887). During
the German Ovaherero War 1904-1908 Samuel Maharero tried in vain to draw the Ovambo into
the war. According to Finnish missionary Albin Savola, an Ovaherero messenger requested
King Kambonde kaMpingana to help the Ovaherero against the Germans. But the Finnish
missionaries counselled the Ovambo to remain neutral, and in only one instance – King
Nehale’s attack on Namutoni – did they side with the Ovaherero. On 28.01.1904
five hundred Ovambo soldiers under King Nehale of the Ondonga area attacked Fort Namutoni.
The seven German defenders under the command of Sergeant Großmann fled via Nagusib to
Tsumeb during the night. At Nagusib they were rescued by a patrol which was sent by
Lieutenant Volkmann from Grootfontein. The Fort Namutoni was destroyed by Nehale’s
forces. In January 1905 the Finnish missionary Martti Rautanen persuaded King Kambonde
kaMpingana not to support King Nehale, who under Ovaherero influence was ready to rise
against the Germans again. After the death of King
Nehale in April 1908, the Ondonga kingdom once again becomes a unified whole.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Dt.Koloniallexikon; Drechsler 1966:356; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003
(Dierks);
000418
Nekwaya, Andreas
[Kuthilandjeko - nickname]
*
+ 11.05.2001 at Oshakati
---
Andreas Nekwaya, also widely known as "Kuthilandjeko", was a well-known
businessman in northern Namibia, owner of several stores and lodges. He died at the age of
43 on 11.05.2001 at Oshakati.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman
Namibia National Archives Database
001069
Nel, Elias Albertus
* 07.08.1921 at Kakamas, South Africa
First entry to Namibia: 05.1949
---
Elias Albertus Nel was born on 07.08.1921 at Kakamas in South Africa. He was educated at
the Kakamas High School and Stellenbosch University. He worked as geneticist at Nelspruit.
He came to Namibia in May 1949. He was the Managing Director of the "Ossa"
Bonemeal Factory.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman
Married to: ? Nel, née Kotze, married 1949-
Father: Gert Stefanus Nel
RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;
000584
Nels, Louis
* 16.12.1855 at Over-Jentz, Germany
+ 13.11.1910 at Neuerburg, Germany
---
Louis Nels was born on 16.12.1855 at Over-Jentz in Germany. As a law graduate, he joined
the German civil service. In May 1885 Heinrich Ernst Göring was
sent to SWA as Imperial Commissioner of Germany. The first German Administration was
established in Otjimbingwe (the first office was established in the building of the
Augustineum), its first officials being Göring, Louis Nels and Hugo von Goldammer.
On 21.10.1885 a protection treaty was concluded between Maharero of
Okahandja and Göring in the presence of Secretary Nels and missionaries Diehl and Rhenish
Missionary Büttner. On 08.01.1886 a protection treaty was concluded between Jan Jonker
Afrikaner and Germany (Nels). Nels regularly deputised for Göring and, in
1890, was promoted to the position of colonial judge. He was frequently referred to as
"Kanzler" Nels. In August 1890 Göring left the colony,
leaving Louis Nels as acting commissioner (until Von Francois took over in 1891). In
1891 he left Namibia, to become a consul in various foreign countries. He died on
13.11.1910 at Neuerburg in Germany.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ADM POL
RAW DATA: Lau 1995:243; Drechsler 1966:42, 46, 59, 61, 332, 333, 336, 342; Chronology of
Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002225
Nembulungo lyNgwedha, Ovamboland (Ondonga) King
* ca. 1620
+
---
The first Ondonga (Aandonga) king (Omukwaniilwa in the
Oshivambo language) on record was King Nembulungo lyNgwedha from the Aakwanekamba (Hyena
Clan)(ca. 1650-1690) who was born around 1620. He might had been an Ondonga king around
the time of the third King Heita yMuvale or the fourth King Hautolonde uaNdja of the
Uukwanyama area (the first Uukwanyama-Kings, Kambungu kaMuheya and Mushindi uaKanene, as
well as the second Uukwanyama King, Kavonga
kaHaidongo, cannot be dated). During Nembulungo’s reign the
Aambwenge (Uukwangali Kingdom) from the Kavango invaded the Ondonga area and
Nembulungo’s rule came to an end. After the fall of Ondonga King Nembulungo
lyNgwedha, his successor is the second Ondonga King Shindongo shaNamutenya gwa Nguti.
002228
Nembungu yaMvula, Ovamboland (Ondonga) King
*
+
---
The third Ondonga King Nangombe yaMvula died in 1750. He was followed by
the fourth Ondonga King Nembungu lyAmutundu who ruled until ca. 1820 (1810 according to
different oral evidence). He had his capital in Iinenge. Nembungu was succeeded by Nangolo
dAmutenya (ca. 1820-1857).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
001070
Neuendorff, Werner
* 21.08.1912 at Klossow, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1950
---
Werner Neuendorff was born on 21.08.1912 at Klossow in Germany. He served in the German
Army from 1932 to 1945 in the rank of a Major. He came to Namibia in 1950. He was a
Director of Brockmann and Kriess.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman
Married to: Maximiliane Neuendorff
Father: Otto Neuendorff
RAW DATA: WWSA;
001071
Neuhaus, Walther
* 26.08.1912 at Kolmanskop
---
Walther Neuhaus was born on 26.08.1912 at Kolmanskop. He was educated at the German High
School in Windhoek. He was an accountant and auditor. He was the Managing Director of
Keller & Neuhaus Trust.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman Accountant
Married to: Marianne Neuhaus, née Zabler
Father: Adolf Neuhaus
RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;
001753
Neumeister, Wilhelm
* .1891 in Germany
---
Missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary
Namibia National Archives Database
001072
Newman, John Harding
* 05.01.1919 at Wynberg, South Africa
---
John Harding Newman was born on 05.01.1919 at Wynberg in South Africa. He was educated at
the Diocesan College in Rondebosch. During World War Two he served in the South African
Army. He was a director of Ovenstone Industries, Walcanco Ltd. and Ovenstone's S.W.
Investment. He was General Manager of the Walvis Bay Canning Co. He was the Chairperson of
the Walvis Bay Fishing Factories Executive Committee. He was a Member of the Walvis Bay
Harbour Advisory Board.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman
Married to: Linda Newman, née Sampson, married 1946-
Father: Frank Newman
RAW DATA: WWSA 1959;
002279
Neyema, Ovamboland (Uukwambi)
King
*
+
---
The fifth Uukwambi King on record was King Neyema. He followed King
Niigogo ya Natsheya. He ruled before 1750. The first seven Uukwambi kings cannot be dated.
His successor was the sixth Uukwambi King Nuyoma wAmutako.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002501
Ngavirue, Zedekia
* 04.03.1933 at Okakarara
---
Zedekia Ngavirue was born on 04.03.1933 at Okakarara. He was educated at the Waterberg,
Stofberg and the Augustineum. He served as a Dipl. Social Worker in Johannesburg from 1959
to 1960. He received a B.Phil. degree from the University of Uppsala in Sweden and a
D.Phil. from the Oxford University in the United Kingdom. He was a Member of SWAPA and
later SWANU. Members of SWAPA (and other political organisations)
created The South West News, a newspaper in English, Afrikaans, Otjiherero and
Oshivambo (one article even appeared in German) which promoted "black"
nationalism in Namibia (first edition appeared on 05.03.1960). The publisher was the
"black" African Publishing Company. The first editors were Emil Appolus and
Zedekia Ngavirue who later played a prominent role in the South West African National
Union (SWANU). The paper was supported by liberal "whites" like Karl Friedrich
Lempp from the Allgemeine Zeitung (AZ), Daan Minnaar from the The Windhoek
Advertiser and Dan Tregoning from Otjiwarongo. Only nine editions (last edition:
03.09.1960) were printed. The only "black" publishing house in Namibia, the
African Publishing Company (founded on 28.10.1959) had to be closed in 1961 because it
could not be sustained financially and most of its editors were in the mean time in exile.
In January 1960 the Hall Commission of Inquiry, which commenced on 11.01.1960 and which
included the SWA Judge President, was appointed by the South African Government to
investigate the "Old Location Uprising" of December 1959. Sam Nujoma,
Uatja Kaukuetu and Zedekia Ngavirue represented the Old Location community. The Ovamboland
People's Organisation (OPO) hired the law company Tambo and Mandela from Johannesburg. On
the request of the Chief Native Commissioner Brewer Blignaut, Tambo was deported back to
South Africa. Consequently OPO was defended by Advocate van Niekerk. However, the deeds of
the SA police were completely exonerated. Consequently Ngavirue went into
exile after 1960. He was a Lecturer/Sen. Lecturer at the University of Papua/New Guinea
from 1972 until 1978. After his return to Namibia in 1981 he was a Manager for Education
and Training at the Private Sector Foundation in Windhoek from 1981 to 1983. He became
then a Director for Personnel and Training at Rössing Uranium Ltd. from 1983 until 1984.
He served as the Deputy Chairman of Rössing Uranium Ltd. from 1984 to 1985 and as
Chairman of Rössing Uranium Ltd. from 1985 until 1989. After independence he became the
Director General of the National Planning Commission from 1990 to1995. He served as
Namibian Ambassador to the European Union and the Kingdom of Belgium in Brussels from 1995
to 2003. Since then he lives in retirement.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman
Married to: Ellis-Bertha Boniswa Ngavirue, née Nombe, married 1959-
Father: Josaphat Ngavirue
Mother: Rachel Ngavirue, née Tjatjitua
RAW DATA: WWSA 1995-96; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
000113
Nghidinua, Jacob Shinkiku
[Nghiduna, Jacob Shinkiku - alternative spelling]
*
---
Jacob Shinkiku Nghidinua was the Vice-Chairman of the SWAPO Youth League. He was tried
under the Sabotage Act in November 1973 and accused of incitement of others to violence
and unlawful acts. He was sentenced to eight years imprisonment on Robben Island.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: PRI 3/12 (Prison file)
000114
Nghidipo, Manfika
[Nqhidipo, Manfika - alternative spelling]
*
---
Manfika Nghidipo is believed to have been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in 1968.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Namibia National Archives Database
002215
Nguvauva, Hiatuvao, Ovaherero (Ovambanderu) Chief
*
+
---
Hiatuvao Nguvauva was the son of the famous Ovambanderu Chief Kahimemua Nguvauva
(ca.1880-1896). After the German Ovambanderu War 1896 he was sent by his
father into exile to Bechuanaland (present-day Botswana) with a group of followers in
order to escape the Germans. He died in exile. He was indirectly followed by his grandson, Nguvauva II, Munjuku, Ombara Onene JovaMbanderu (traditional
title)(Ovambanderu Chief) when the latter returned from Botswana (1952-).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
000585
Nguvauva, Kahimemua, Ovaherero (Ovambanderu) Chief
* ca.1850
+ 12.06.1896 at Okahandja
---
Kahimemua Nguvauva (ca.1880-1896) was born around 1850. He was a famous leader of the
eastern section of the Ovaherero, the Ovambanderu. While his relations with the Ovaherero
of central Namibia were strained, his relations with Hendrik Witbooi were marked by
outright mutual hostility and several cattle raids and counter-raids. He participated in
the Ovaherero Nama War of the 1880s. In August 1880 Gobabis was
destroyed by him. Many Nama were killed. Kahimemua Nguvauva allied himself
with Nikodemus Kavikunua, whose position towards
Samuel Maharero (subordinate or equal) was in dispute. When in August 1891 the Germans
recognised Samuel Maharero as Paramount Ovaherero Chief, this was
not accepted by other Ovaherero leaders, such as Manasse Tyiseseta of Omaruru, Kandji
Tjetjo of Owikokorero and Kahimemua Nguvauva, as well as Riarua, Maharero’s former
advisor. They were all serious contenders to the Ovaherero chieftaincy of Okahandja. In
January 1895 a dispute over the southern border in the eastern sector arose between
Ovambanderu leaders Kahimemua Nguvauva and Nikodemus Kavikunua and the Germans. Nikodemus
still opposed Samuel Maharero, also on the border dispute, because the land question was
an extremely sensitive issue for the Ovaherero and Ovambanderu. The fierce and bitter
border quarrel brought the dispute between Maharero on the one side and Kahimemua and
Kavikunua on the other to a head. On 18.05.1895 Theodor Leutwein, Samuel Maharero and
Riarua met Kavikunua and Kahimemua at Otjinauanaua. An agreement was reached which
eventually led to the downfall of Nikodemus and Kahimemua. During April 1896 Leutwein
issued a proclamation at Kowas where, in agreement with Samuel Maharero, he dismissed
Kahimemua and Kavikunua from their positions as chiefs. During the German Ovambanderu War
of 1896 the Ovambanderu were defeated in the battle of Otjunda (Sturmfeld). Kahimemua
surrendered to the Germans. Kavikunua, however, did not participate in the battles of
Gobabis and Otjunda. Kahimemua sent Ovambanderu to Ngamiland (present-day Botswana) under
the leadership of his son, Hiatuvao Nguvauva, father of the later Ovambanderu Chief
Munjuku Nguvauva II. This was the first wave of Ovaherero to flee to present-day Botswana.
Some Ovaherero escaped into the north-east of the territory. They settled in the area of
Karakuwisa. There the Ovaherero were involved in violent clashes with local San groups. Kahimemua
Nguvauva was executed by s shooting squad on 12.06.1896 after an official trial by
the Germans in Okahandja for his co-responsibility in the war, together with Nikodemus
Kavikunua. Theodor Leutwein was prepared to pardon the two leaders, but Samuel Maharero
insisted on the executions, in order to get rid of two rivals of his own position as
Paramount Chief of the Ovaherero. Before his execution, Kahimemua is said to have uttered
a curse on his enemies which foretold the rinderpest which reached Namibia in late 1896.
Kahimemua's story as told by Ovaherero and Ovambanderu informants has been documented in
two publications, see Sundermeier (1987) and Heywood (1992). For additional biographical
details, see Van Rooyen and Reiner (1995) and Pool (1991). One of the other Ovambanderu
leaders, who was involved in the war against the Germans, Kanangati
Hoveka, died shortly after the executions. His successor was Nikanor Hoveka (born around
1875).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:101, 111-112, 114-115; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003
(Dierks);
002216
Nguvauva, Munjuku II, Ovaherero (Ovambanderu) Chief
* 01.01.1923 at Maun (Botswana)
+
---
Ombara Onene JovaMbanderu (traditional title)
Munjuku Nguvauva II was the grandson of Hiatuvao Nguvauva, who was the son of the famous
Ovambanderu Chief Kahimemua Nguvauva (ca.1880-1896). Nguvauva was
born on 01.01.1923 at Maun (Botswana), to Keharanjo
Nguvauva and his mother Kavitjindire Nguvauva. He received no formal western education but
was educated by his father and father's Advisory Council. He was inducted into upholding
tradition and fulfilling traditional Ovaherero rites such as maintaining the holy fire and
communicating with his ancestors. He was trained also to be a leader in the sense of being
a parent to his community. His education was steeped in the history of the Ovambanderu and
his predecessors. Because of his royal lineage his upbringing was aimed at preparing him
for an eventual leadership role. He was consequently installed as leader of the
Ovambanderu in Botswana in 1951 in accordance with the legacy of the great Chief Kahimemua
Nguvauva (ca.1880-1896) who was killed opposing
German colonial rule. Munjuku returned from Botswana in 1952.
The Ovambanderu (Mbanderu Council) of Epukiro and Aminuis appointed
Munjuku Nguvauva II as Ovambanderu Chief on 15.12.1952 at Epukiro Pos 3. On 10.10.1960 the Ovambanderu (Mbanderu Council) appointed him as Paramount
Chief. In August 1961 the Mbanderu Council managed to obtain SA’s recognition of
their leader, but the SWA Administration refused to acknowledge his title of Paramount
Chief. When Sam Nujoma went into exile from Windhoek to Botswana in February 1960, he was
supported by Munjuku Nguvauva II on his way to Francistown in Botswana. When the
Ovambanderu repudiated Stephanus Hoveka, backed by the South African authorities as
Paramount Chief, South Africa promised to accept Munjuku Nguvauva II in that
position. But, when Munjuku openly called for the independence of Namibia in talks he had
with the United Nations Representative Vittorio Carpio in Windhoek in 1962, they reneged
on their promise. The then South African Bantu Commissioner, furious at Munjuku's appeal
to Carpio, installed Gerson Hoveka, who was Stephanus' cousin and
whose forefather, Nikanor Hoveka, was appointed by the German authorities as Chief of the
Epukiro Reserve, as a rival. This is the cause of a long dispute over the Ovambanderu
chieftaincy. Chief Munjuku has consistently refused to serve on any South Africa sponsored
government body or advisory council. He rejected several overtures by the South African
Government and Prime Minister John Vorster to become a member of the Multi-National
Advisory Council for SWA, established on 01.03.1973. The Advisory Council, excluding
SWAPO, SWANU and the National Convention, met three times. Clemence Kapuuo rejected it
because of its "ethnic" foundation. Munjuku related with relish how he and other
communities were wined, dined and feasted with oxen by Vorster at this event. The South
Africans, suspecting Munjuku would refuse to co-operate during the Multi-National Advisory
Council session, made him the last speaker at the function which stretched
over days. When his turn came he told the assembled guests he rejected any attempts by
South Africa to solve the Namibian issue since "one cannot rebuild a cracked house on
weak foundations - one must first tear the building down before one starts anew."
Attempts by the National Party leader Dirk Mudge to include him in the Turnhalle
Constitutional Conference in 1975 failed when it became clear that Chief Munjuku would
serve under Clemence Kapuuo, Paramount Chief of the Ovaherero. Munjuku found this
unacceptable since he considered the Ovambanderu a separate community and would only join
as a separate delegation. Mudge and Kapuuo then turned to Headman Elifas Tjingaete as
Ovambanderu representative in the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) in 1977. Instead,
Chief Munjuku Nguvauva II participated in the National Convention (NC) of 1971 and the
Namibia National Convention (NNC) of 1974 as well as the 1975 Okahandja Conference. He
later took the Mbanderu Council into the opposition Namibia National Front
(NNF), and refused to participate in the South Africa sponsored December 1978 general
elections. Attempts to include him in the Multi-Party Conference (MPC) of
1983 also failed. He attended the 1984 Lusaka Conference as an observer at
the invitation of SWAPO which led to a confrontation with the then Administrator-General
Willie van Niekerk. The Mbanderu Council consequently supported SWAPO's aim of an
independent Namibia, but after a subsequent meeting with SWAPO leaders in Kabwe in Zambia
in November 1988, Munjuku took the Mbanderu Council into an alliance with SWAPO, an
alliance which holds until the present day.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Namibia Handbook and Political Who's Who, 1990 (Pütz, Von Egidy and Caplan);
Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks
001754
Niederwelland, Caspar Heinrich
* in Germany
+ 13.06.1885 at Okombahe
---
Caspar Heinrich Niederwelland was a missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft in
Okombahe from 1883 until his death on 13.06.1885 at Okombahe. Before this, since 1880,
Niederwelland supported the Rhenish Missionary Friedrich Wilhelm
Gottlieb Viehe at Omaruru.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks
001073
Nieft, Klaus
* 30.11.1940 at Goslar, Germany
First entry to Namibia: 1950
---
Klaus Nieft was born on 30.11.1940 at Goslar in Germany. He came to Namibia in 1950. He
was educated in Germany and the Windhoek High School. He was an investment manager of
Keller Neuhaus from 1966 until 1969 and a Director of the Keller Neuhaus Trust since then.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: BUS
Profession: Businessman
Married to: Rhomaa Nieft, née van Schalkwyk, married 1964-
Father: Franz Nieft
RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;
001074
Niehaus, Jacques Pierre De Mowbray
* 30.01.1910 at Clanwilliam, South Africa
---
Jacques Pierre De Mowbray Niehaus was born on 30.01.1910 at Clanwilliam in South Africa.
He was an advocate, farmer and politician. He was educated at Tulbagh, Morreesburg,
Rondebosch, the University of Cape Town and the University of London. He was the Assistant
Attorney-General for SWA from 1934 until 1942. During World War Two he was serving in the
SA Army in Egypt and Italy. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Okahandja
Constituency, from 1945 to 1950. He also was a Member of the Executive Committee from 1948
to 1950. He was the Chairman of Native Labour Commission from 1948 until 1950 and the
Chairman of the Local Board of Farmers Co-operative Union from 1946 until 1950. He also
was a Member of the Board of Karakul Breeders Association. He was representing SWA at the
1949 Session of the Permanent Mandates Commission in Geneva. He served as a Member of the
Legislative Assembly for Windhoek East Constituency from 1955- . He was the Leader of the
UNSW Party. He served as an United Party Senator for Natal form November 1970. He was the
Chairman of the Board of Verenigde Pers Bpk.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: LAW POL
Profession: Lawyer
Father: Jacobus Petrus Niehaus
RAW DATA: WWSA 1974;
001075
Nienhaus, J.A.
*
+ 2004 at Omaruru
---
J.A. Nienhaus came to Omaruru for the company A. Schemmer in 1913. He founded an own
construction company in 1919. He was responsible for the erection of several
representative buildings in the town, including the municipal buildings (1926/27) and the
post office (1954). In 1990, the firm closed permanently. Nienhaus died in 2004.
---
Gender: m
Namibia National Archives Database
002019
Nieukerken, Jan
*
First entry to Namibia: 1761
Last departure from Namibia: 1762
---
Participant of Hendrik Hop's expedition to Namibia, 1761/62.
---
Gender: m
Namibia National Archives Database
002278
Niigogo ya Natsheya, Ovamboland (Uukwambi) King
*
+
---
The fourth Uukwambi King on record was King Niigogo ya Natsheya. He
followed King Mbulungundju. He ruled before 1750. The first seven Uukwambi kings cannot be
dated. His successor was the fifth Uukwambi King Neyema.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002271
Niilenga yAmukwa, Ovamboland (Uukwaluudhi) King
*
+ .1908
---
The ninth Uukwaluudhi King was King Niilenga yAmukwa. He followed
Shikongo shIipinge in 1902. He ruled from 1902 until 1908. Niilenga yAmukwa died in 1902.
His successor was the tenth Uukwaluudhi King Iita ya Nalitoke (1908-1909).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002268
Niilenge ya Shipula, Ovamboland (Uukwaluudhi) King
*
+
---
The sixth Uukwaluudhi King on record was King Niilenge ya Shipula.
He followed King Shikwa shAmupindi (Kayambu). He ruled before 1850. The first seven
Uukwaluudhi kings cannot be dated. His successor was the seventh Uukwaluudhi King Uushona
uEndjila.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002237
Niilwa, Ovamboland (Ongandjera) King
*
+
---
The first Ongandjera King on record was King Niilwa. He ruled
before 1858. The first 14 Ongandjera kings cannot be dated. His successor was the second
Ongandjera King Nangombe ya Mangundu.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002240
Niita yIitula, Ovamboland (Ongandjera) King
*
+
---
The fourth Ongandjera King on record was Niita yIitula (in the
fourth genealogy level have been three kings: Nandigolo, Niita and Nuunyango). He ruled
before 1858. The first 14 Ongandjera kings cannot be dated. His successor was Ongandjera
king Nandigolo uIitula.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
001755
Nissen, Sönke
* .1870 in Germany
+ .1923
---
Sönke Nissen was born in 1870 in Germany. He was a railway engineer who was involved, in
a leading position, in the construction of railways in German East Africa (Tanzania) and
Namibia (Lüderitz to Aus railway line). He made a fortune in diamond mining shares, and
used much of it for philanthropic purposes, in particular for reclaiming agricultural land
from the North Sea in his native Schleswig-Holstein in Germany. The reclaimed land is
named after him (Sönke-Nissen-Koog).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ENG
Profession: Engineer
Namibia National Archives Database
001719
Nitze, Albert
* in Germany
+ 10.1898 at Windhoek
First entry to Namibia: 1892
---
Albert Nitze was a Prussian landowner from Weissenburg/Posen (now Poland). He emigrated to
Namibia in 1892 and settled in Klein Windhoek, where he took over the former Rhenish
Mission house, established a gardening business and introduced the first Simmentaler
cattle in Namibia. He brought his family to Namibia in 1894. He died in October 1898 in
Windhoek. The widow sold the property to the Catholic Mission, and only the daughter
Helene stayed in Namibia.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: AGR
Profession: Farmer
Children: Helene von Falkenhausen (married Nitze)(1875-1945)
RAW DATA: AHK 1975:91;
002243
Nkandi kAmwaama, Ovamboland (Ongandjera) King
*
+
---
The fifth Ongandjera King on record was Nkandi kAmwaama. He ruled
before 1858. The first 14 Ongandjera kings cannot be dated. His successor was the sixth
Ongandjera king Nangombe.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002163
Noach Tsai-Tsaib, Kai||khaun Captain (Red Nation)
*
+ .1948 at Hoachanas
---
Noach Tsai-Tsaib was the Captain of the Kai||khaun or Red Nation at Hoachanas between 1936
and 1948. He was the fifteenth in the genealogy of the Kai||khaun. He died at Hoachanas in
1948 and was followed by Matheus Kooper (1948-1986).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks
001076
Noble, John
*
+ 08.02.1987 at Lusaka, Zambia
---
John Noble was a SWAPO member in exile and educationist. He was teaching at UNIN (Lusaka)
from November 1979 until his death from a heart failure on 08.02.1987.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: EDU
RAW DATA: UNIN news 1/1987;
000075
Nöckler, Herbert Carl
* 13.03.1906 at Bloemfontein, South Africa
+ 29.11.1997 at Windhoek
First entry to Namibia: 1930
---
Herbert Carl Nöckler was born on 13.03.1906 in Bloemfontein in South Africa. He received
his schooling in Jena (Germany) and Vrede (South Africa) and obtained his Matric in 1925.
From 1926 until 1929 he studied at the University of Bloemfontein (BA 1928, Higher
Teachers Diploma 1929, MA 1931). From 1930 until 1946 he was teacher at the Deutsche
Höhere Schule Swakopmund, from 1947 to 1951 Head of the Privatschule Lüderitzbucht, and
from 1952 until 1956 Head of the Deutsche Privatschule Johannesburg, as well as from 1959
until 1962 Head of the Deutsche Höhere Privatschule (DHPS) in Windhoek. From 1963 until
1971 he was a subject advisor (German) in the SWA Department of Education. He was active
in the SWA Scientific Society and served as their President in 1958-1960 and from 1961 to
1965. He died on 29.11.1997 at Windhoek.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ED
Profession: Teacher
Functions: President - SWA Scientific Society - 1958-1960, 1961-1966
Married to: Gertrud Schulte, married 1932
RAW DATA: Mitt.NWG 43,4-6;
001077
Nöh, Irene
*
First entry to Namibia: 1965
Last departure from Namibia: 1975
---
Sister Irene Nöh was sent to Namibia by the Rhenish Mission and worked for the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in South West Africa from 1965-1975. She was active in the
women's work, and teaching at the ELKSWA Bible School. In 1975, she returned to Germany to
work for the VEM, and from 1980-1988 she worked in Tanzania.
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: EDU
RAW DATA: In die Welt - für die Welt 12/1988;
001665
Nolte, Hans Erich
* 03.11.1880
---
Schutztruppe officer.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL
Profession: Military officer
RAW DATA: Fischer 1935:155, 260;
001078
Nolte, Karl
* 12.10.1863 at Frankfurt/M, Germany
---
Karl Nolte was born on 12.10.1863 at Frankfurt/M in Germany. He travelled in Namibia,
South Africa and Botswana during the 1880s. He was deemed an expert in ostrich farming. He
later worked as engineer and patent lawyer in London, and from 1896 worked for an ostrich
farming company in German East Africa.
---
Gender: m
RAW DATA: Giesebrecht: Behandlung der Eingeborenen;
001756
Nolting, H.
* .1904 in Germany
---
Missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Missionary
Namibia National Archives Database
001757
Nordenflycht
*
---
Official responsible for South West Africa affairs ("Südwestafrika-Referent")
at the Kolonialabteilung des Auswärtigen Amtes in Germany.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: ADM
RAW DATA: Drechsler 1966:71, 73, 336-337, 340-341;
000586
!Noreseb Gamab, Manasse, Kai||khaun Captain (Red Nation)
[!Noresib, alternative spelling]
[Noreseb - faulty spelling]
[Novisib - faulty spelling]
[Manasse of Hoachanas]
* ca.1840
+ 01.12.1905 at Gubuoms
---
Manasse !Noreseb Gamab was the Captain of the Kai||khaun or Red Nation at Hoachanas
between 1880 and 1905. He was the son of Gaméb ||Nanimab and Gamis, one of the late
Captain Barnabas' nieces. There is oral evidence that !Noreseb Gamab (Manasse) allegedly
had given instruction to kill Captain |Gôbeb #Goraxab (Petrus) during the battle of
Otjikango in December 1880. He was the thirteenth in the genealogy of the
Kai||khaun. Apparently !Noreseb's leadership was disputed by many
who joined Hendrik Witbooi in the Namaland conflicts of the 1880s, and also by his rival,
!Hoëb ||Oasmab (Fritz Lazarus ||Oaseb)(Frib). In June 1882 Rhenish
missionaries Diehl, Krönlein and Eich, together with the Ovaherero, managed to establish
peace with most of the Nama groups, negotiating with Jakobus Isaak
of Berseba, Manasse !Noreseb of Hoachanas and Hendrik "Kol" Windstaan of the
Groot Doden. In 1884 Manasse !Noreseb suppressed a rebellion of Isaak
!Noëteb. In September 1885 !Noreseb signed a German
protection treaty. He was in war with Hendrik Witbooi for a considerable period during
this time. In 1887 Paul Visser, Moses Witbooi’s rival, gained
the support of Nama leaders such as Manasse !Noreseb of Hoachanas, the ||Hawoben leader
Karl "Ses" Hendrik, Hendrik Windstaan of the Groot Doden, and possibly also Jan
Jonker Afrikaner, to defeat Moses. Moses called on his son, Hendrik Witbooi, for help. At
the end of 1887 Hendrik Witbooi and his ally !Hoëb ||Oasmab (also named Fritz Lazarus
||Oaseb) of the Kai||khaun from Hoachanas (who became Manasse !Noreseb’s opponent and
rival chief), engaged Paul Visser in a series of skirmishes but failed to attain victory.
Karl "Ses" Hendrik from the ||Hawoben was killed in one of these skirmishes. In
February 1888 Paul Visser shot the Witbooi Chief, Moses Witbooi, who was then succeeded by
his son Hendrik Witbooi. Hendrik Witbooi was directly confronted by Visser’s allies,
Manasse !Noreseb, Hendrik Windstaan of the Groot Doden, Jan Jonker Afrikaner and sections
of the ||Hawoben. Consequently Manasse !Noreseb made peace with his rival chief, !Hoëb
||Oasmab (Fritz Lazarus ||Oaseb). In August 1888 Hendrik Witbooi conducted several
campaigns against Manasse !Noreseb from Hoachanas (until April 1889). In March 1889 !Hoëb
||Oasmab (Fritz Lazarus ||Oaseb) again joined Hendrik Witbooi. Manasse !Noreseb sought the
protection of the Ovaherero Chief Maharero and settled at Seeis. Between
August and December 1890 Witbooi led several successful attacks against Seeis and the
Kai||khaun, driving off a large number of cattle. Manasse returned to Hoachanas only in
December 1894, i.e. after Witbooi's peace treaty with the Germans. He was joined by but a
few people. It seems that the place was only inhabited again by 1898. In January 1904,
after the outbreak of the German Namibian War 1903-1908, the German commander, Von
Heydebreck, marched to Hoachanas and disarmed the Kai||khaun under
Manasse !Noreseb who showed interest in joining the Ovaherero in their resistance war. The
German colonial forces established a strong military station at Hoachanas. After the
outbreak of the Nama-German War in October 1904 the Kai||khaun joined Hendrik Witbooi,
!Noreseb's former adversary, without hesitation. After the defeat of the Nama, the
traditional ethnic structures were disbanded and all communal land confiscated as
punishment for the "rebellion". Hoachanas ceased to exist as an important Nama
community centre. !Noreseb Manasse died in action against the Germans in the
Battle of Gubuoms (!Gu-!oms), south-east of Aminuis, on 01.12.1905. The Kai||khaun of Hoachanas got a new Captain only in 1922, !Hoëb ||Oasmab (Fritz Lazarus ||Oaseb)(1922-1936).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Mother: Gamis
Father: Gameb |Nanimab
RAW DATA: DSAB IV:346, Drechsler 1966:139, 208, 210; Chronology of Namibian
History, 2003 (Dierks);
001758
Nowack, Kurt
* 26.08.1878 at Leobschütz, Germany (now Poland)
First entry to Namibia: 1907
---
Kurt Nowack was born on 26.08.1878 at Leobschütz in Germany (now Poland). He was a
missionary of the Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft. He came to Namibia in 1907. He left the
mission in 1919 and was later a teacher in Windhoek.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL EDU
Profession: Missionary Teacher
Namibia National Archives Database
001079
Nuhn, Walter
* .1928 at Norderney, Germany
---
Walter Nuhn was born on 1928 at Norderney in Germany. He was educated in Wilhelmshaven and
Cuxhaven. He studied theology and English in Hamburg, Kiel and Göttingen from 1951 to
1955. He worked as a translator for the US and German military bodies. He had an interest
in colonial history. He visited Namibia on various occasions and wrote several books on
colonial military history, in particular about the German-Namibian War of 1903-1908.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: MIL WRI
Namibia National Archives Database
001080
Nujoma, Elina Shali
* in Namibia
+ .199? at Windhoek
---
Elina Shali Nujoma went into exile in 1974. She studied in Sierra Leone and at the Patrice
Lumumba University in Moscow. She worked for the SWAPO Women's Council in Luanda. From
1990 to 1991 she was a research director at the SWAPO Headquarters and from 1991- she was
a history curator at the National Museum. She died in 199?.
---
Gender: f
Field of activity: HIS
Profession: Historian
Namibia National Archives Database
00001
Nujoma, Sam Shafiishuna
* 12.05.1929 at Okahao/Ongandjera
---
Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma (Shafiishuna is Nujoma's battle name and means
"lightening") was born on 12.05.1929 at Okahao. He visited the Finnish Primary
School, Okahao, 1937-48. Thereafter he visited the Night School, St. Barnabas, "Old
Location", Windhoek, 1949-1954. Nujoma has obtained numerous Honourary Doctorates.
He worked at the railways 1949-1957, then at the Windhoek Municipality. He entered active politics as a member of the Mandume Movement 1954. Nujoma was a founder member of both, SWANU and OPO, 1959. With Jacob Kuhangua he led the first Windhoek Branch of OPO, becoming OPO President the same year. He was elected to the SWANU Executive September 1959 when SWANU co-opted members onto the party executive. Having been fired from the South African Railways because of his trade union and political activities in 1957, Nujoma became one of the leading opponents of the South African authorities' decision to relocate all "natives" from Windhoek's "Old Location" to a new location far outside Windhoek, present-day Katutura. The organised resistance led in December 1959 to the "Old Location Uprising" with many people killed by the South African Police. Nujoma was arrested in December 1959 after the uprising.
Nujoma went into exile with the assistance of Hosea Kutako in February/March 1960. He went first to Botswana, where he was assisted by Ovambanderu Chief Munjuku Nguvauva II. From there he went into Tanzania via Botswana and Northern Rhodesia (present-day Zambia) under the false name of David Shipanga. In Ndola (Northern Rhodesia) he met with Zambian UNIP leaders. From Ndola he went into Katanga to meet with Moise Tshombe and reached eventually Mbeya in Tanzania via Salisbury (present-day Harare). From Mbeya he sent a telegram to the United Nations requesting a hearing at the Fourth Committee of the UN. Tanzanian (British) post office authorities alerted the colonial police in Tanganyika and a manhunt was started while Nujoma was treated for Malaria in the Mbeya hospital with the aid of TANU's Ali Chandara. With the assistance of Julius Nyerere (then Member of the Legislative Council of Tanganyika), he received a passport. In April 1960 he travelled to Khartoum, meeting Fanuel Kozonguizi and Michael Scott. From there Nujoma travelled to Liberia which was in the process of taking the Namibia Case to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Via Ghana and with the help of Kwame Nkruhma, he made to the USA with Kozonguizi and appeared before the UN Committee for SWA in June 1960.
In New York from April to November 1960, he met up with Mburumba Kerina and on 19.04.1960 the OPO was renamed and reconstituted as SWA People's Organisation (SWAPO) with himself as President. He returned to Tanzania and set up the SWAPO provisional headquarters at Dar-Es-Salaam 1961, where in 1963 his position as President of SWAPO was ratified. From Dar-Es-Salaam he spent much time travelling around the world in order to gain recognition for the liberation and independence of Namibia. Nujoma gained a major success in 1964 when SWAPO was recognised as a receiver of OAU aid - said to have been the result of his friendship with Tanzanian Foreign Minister and Chairman of the OAU Liberation Committee, Oscar Kambona.
After the 1966 ICJ judgement, Nujoma flew by charter back to Windhoek on 20.03.1966 with Lukas Pohamba to test the legalities but they were arrested by the South African authorities at arrival and deported the following day. Officially SWAPO committed to the armed struggle in 1966 after the International Court of Justice went against the UN and the first SWAPO cadres were trained in Egypt. "We started the armed struggle with only two sub-machine guns and two pistols. I got them from Algeria, plus some rounds of ammunition. I had to travel with the guns from Algeria to Cairo and then in transit through to Tanzania. The late Peter Nanyemba was our representative in Tanzania at the time, and I asked him to arrange a press conference at the airport when I arrived there. So I arrived in Tanzania with four bags of guns. So I find an immigration officer there ... Four times he looked me up and down. And then he asked me, what do you have in those bags? And I told him 'I have used clothing for refugees'. And then he looked at me again, and he laughed and let me pass. I was almost dead with relief". With Nanyemba they brought the arms through Zambia at night in UNIP Landrovers. From there they were taken by SWAPO soldiers across the Zambezi River to Katima Mulilo to Omugulu-gOmbashe where SWAPO's armed struggle started on 26.08.1966.
In 1969 Nujoma was reconfirmed as SWAPO President at the Tanga Consultative Congress and has retained the position ever since. He gained official recognition for SWAPO at the United Nations and official member status of the Non-Alignment Movement in 1979. Nujoma led negotiations with the UN, the Western Five, South Africa and the Frontline States in successive rounds of international negotiations for an acceptable settlement to the Namibia dispute since the middle of the 1970s and has attended numerous sessions of the UN, the OAU and other international forums. He has met with various private party-political delegations from Namibia on different occasions over the years and has repeatedly reassured Namibian "whites" that the party's policy is based on the policy of "national reconciliation". Nujoma was awarded with the Lenin Peace Price in 1968 and the November Medal Price 1978.
Nujoma returned to Namibia on 14.09.1989 with the implementation of the UN SC Resolution 435. He is the President of the Republic of Namibia since 21 March 1990. He served for three terms of five years each.
During the SWAPO Central Committee Meeting from 02.04.2004
to 03.04.2004 in Windhoek, Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba (proposed by Sam Nujoma), Nahas
Angula (proposed by Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo, seconded by Libertine Amathila) and Hidipo
Hamutenya (proposed by Mosé Penaani Tjitendero, seconded by Hartmut Ruppel) were elected
as the three SWAPO presidential candidates for the Presidential Election 2004 in order to
succeed the President of the Republic of Namibia, Sam Nujoma.The sole SWAPO presidential
candidate will be elected during an Extraordinary SWAPO Congress at the end of May 2004. Sam Nujoma's willingness not to stand for a fourth term as President of
the Republic of Namibia was endorsed by both, the SWAPO Politburo and the SWAPO Central
Committee.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Profession: Politician
Married: Katjimune, Kovambo Theopoldine since 06.05.1956;
three sons (Ndeshipanda, Nefungo, Utoni) and one daughter
Mother: Helvi Mingana Kondombola
Father: Daniel Utoni Nujoma (who was arrested 1966 as the father of SWAPO President
Sam Nujoma by the South Africans and died as consequence of the prison term in Pretoria)
Collections/Papers:
1). Namibia Handbook and Political Who's Who, 1990 (Pütz, Von Egidy and Caplan)
2). Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks)
3). Autobiography: Where Others Wavered, 2001 (Nujoma)
4). Oral Evidence to Author
Copyright of Photo: Namibia National Archives
000115
Nunjango, Betuel
*
---
Betuel Nunjango was charged in mid-1967 under the Terrorism Act. He was tried with other
Namibians in the Pretoria Terrorism Trial from September 1967 to February 1968. He was
sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: PO
Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: PRI 3/2 (Prison file)
002283
Nuukata waTshiinga, Ovamboland (Uukwambi) King
*
+ .1800
---
The ninth Uukwambi King on record was King Nuukata waTshiinga. He
followed King Nakantu kaNakwedhi (1750-1780). His successor was the tenth Uukwambi King
Iilonga yaNyango (around 1800).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002242
Nuunyango uIitula, Ovamboland (Ongandjera) King
*
+
---
The fourth Ongandjera King on record was Nuunyango uIitula (in the
fourth genealogy level have been three kings: Nandigolo, Niita and Nuunyango). He ruled
before 1858. The first 14 Ongandjera kings cannot be dated. His successor was Ongandjera
king Nkandi kAmwaama.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002290
Nuyoma, Ovamboland (Uukwambi)
King
*
+ .1875
---
The sixteenth Uukwambi King was King Nuyoma. He followed King
Tshikesho tshEelu (1863). He had his capital first in Iihanguti and later in Onatshiku. In
1866 King Nuyoma made first contacts with European traders and hunters in Ovamboland
(Green). 0n 18.07.1870 the Finnish mission station Elim in the Uukwambi area, was founded.
The first missionaries there were Kurvinen (until 21.05.1872), Martti Rautanen and
Piirainen, followed by Weikkolin. Kurvinen had to leave due to poor relations with King
Nuyoma. Iipumbu ya Tshilongo (son of Tshilongo Uupindi), later the King of the Uukwambi
area, was born at Onatshiku near Elim in 1873, during the reign of King Nuyoma. In 1875
the 17th King Negumbo lya Kandenge (1875-1907) succeeded King Nuyoma.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002280
Nuyoma wAmutako, Ovamboland (Uukwambi) King
*
+
---
The sixth Uukwambi King on record was King Nuyoma wAmutako. He
followed King Neyema. He ruled before 1750. The first seven Uukwambi kings cannot be
dated. His successor was the seventh Uukwambi King Nakwedhi (Mukwiilongo).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002287
Nuyoma wIipumbu, Ovamboland (Uukwambi) King
*
+ ca. 1862
---
The thirteenth Uukwambi King was King Nuyoma wIipumbu (1860-1862).
He followed King Tshikongo in 1860. Due to the frequent wars with the Ongandjera area, the
Uukwambi area was repeatedly devastated. Capital during this time was Iino. The 14th King Iipumbu ya Nangaku (1862-1863) followed King Nuyoma wIipumbu.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
001081
Nyamu, Jesaya
* 20.03.1942 at Oshigambo
---
Jesaya Nyamu was born on 20.03.1942 at Oshigambo as the son of Abyatar Nyamu and Albertine
Shipanga. He went into exile in 1964, firstly to Tanganyika and then into the USA. He
studied in the United States and graduated in economics at the University of California,
and in Russia where he obtained a diploma in technology in economic planning. He was SWAPO
chief representative in several African countries and the OAU. From 1971 until 1973 he was
the Political Secretary in Dar-Es-Salaam in Tanzania, form 1971 to 1973 he was the SWAPO
Chief Representative in Lusaka in Zambia, from 1976 to 1980 he was the SWAPO Deputy
Secretary for Information in Luanda in Angola and from 1980 to 1985 he served as the Chief
Representative of SWAPO in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. He was a Member of the SWAPO Central
Committee since 1975. He served first as a Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs from 1990 to 1991 and then as Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy from
1991 to 1999, as Minister of Mines and Energy from 1999 to 2002 and Minister of Trade and
Industry from 2002-.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
Married to: <1> Beneva Williams (divorced 1986)
<2>Elizabeth Unoovene (since 20.07.1989)
RAW DATA: WWSA 1995-96; Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
002058
Nyangana, Gciriku King
*
+ .1924
---
Gciriku King Nyangana (1879-1924) succeeded King Muhera in 1879. He was the second in the
recorded genealogy of the Gciriku kings. In 1893 the Tswana King Sekgoma Lethsolathebe
attacked the Kavango communities of the Shambyu and the Gciriku. Gciriku King Nyangana was
taken prisoner. 1909 he is visited by Roman Catholic missionaries (Father Joseph
Gotthardt). In May 1910 Gotthardt established the RC mission station Nyangana in the
Gciriku area of the Kavango. Nyangana died 1924 and was succeeded by King Shampapi
(1924-1944).
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: POL
RAW DATA: Chronology of Namibian History, 2003 (Dierks);
001082
Nyhof, Hermann L.
* 19.07.1871 at Nyverdal, Netherlands
+ 25.12.1936 at Warmbad
First entry to Namibia: 1900
---
Hermann L. Nyhof was born on 19.07.1871 at Nyverdal in the Netherlands. He was a Rhenish
missionary. He came to Namibia in 1900. He was stationed at Concordia (South Africa) for
some years. He took over the mission station at Warmbad in 1907 and remained there until
his death.
---
Gender: m
Field of activity: REL
Profession: Rhenish missionary
Married to: Maria Nyhof, née Stotyn, married 1903-
Collections/Papers:
1). NAN: A.280
RAW DATA: Otto-Reiner 1991; Baumann 1967; Gedenkboek 1955;
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