• 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...
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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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    pre-colonial and early colonial times, such as Ondonga, Ongandjera, and Oukwanyama. Its endonym is Ovambo ~ Owambo. In the 1960s, South Africa, which was...
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    Portuguese Colonial forces were defeated by Angolan Ovambo warriors from Oukwanyama and Cuamato on 25 September 1904. The defeat was one of the heaviest defeats...
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  • Haufiku Paulus Hamutenya (born c. 1884, Oukwanyama, Angola — died 12 September 1932) was one of the first seven Ovambos to be ordained a pastor in Oniipa...
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  • Ndelihongela Munyika (born 21 May 1953, Omutwewondjaba, Omundaungilo, Oukwanyama, Namibia) is a bishop emeritus of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia...
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  • Eenhana (category Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission mission stations in Oukwanyama)
    found a new settlement for the Oukwanyama people in the woods, 60 kilometres (37 mi) to the east of Engela. Oukwanyamas from Angola had already begun to...
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  • Ondjiva (category Rhenish mission stations in Oukwanyama)
    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)...
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