Mvula ya Nangolo
Mvula ya Nangolo | |
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Born | Oniimwandi, South West Africa | 9 August 1943
Died | 25 April 2019 Tauben Glen, Windhoek, Namibia | (aged 75)
Nationality | Namibian |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, poet |
Mvula ya Nangolo (9 August 1943 – 25 April 2019) was a Namibian journalist and poet.[1][2][3][4]
He was born in Oniimwandi on 9 August 1943 and grew up in Lüderitz and later Windhoek. He joined the independence movement SWAPO at the age of 18 and later moved to Germany on a journalism scholarship. He was the first editor of Namibia Today and worked as a Special Advisor to the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology. He died on 25 April 2019 in Tauben Glen, Windhoek as a result of complications from a stroke.[1]
In the poem Namibia he said :
"My heart opens up when I am in the mountains
Where I can be alone with my thoughts
I’ve returned here to be in the deserts
I love to hear the sound made by sand dunes".[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kahiurika, Ndanki (25 April 2019). "Veteran journalist Mvula ya Nangolo dies". The Namibian.
- ^ "Tribute to Peter Mvula Ya Nangolo … On behalf of 50 former Swapo secondary education students in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1975–1980". New Era Live. May 6, 2019.
- ^ "Mvula Ya Nangolo-Namibia | Revue Noire". www.revuenoire.com.
- ^ "The love streak in Mvula ya Nangolo's poems". The Namibian.
- ^ From 'Watering the Beloved Desert'. Makanda, Brown turtle press, 2008 scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk