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List Of Gciriku Kings
This is a list of ''Vahompa'' (Kings) of the Gciriku, one of the Kavango peoples of the north of Namibia, and in which village their ''Mbara'' (royal homestead) was located. * Shimwemwe, lived at Ndonga-linena and Mpupa and was the king of the Gciriku tribe from 1785 to 1805. * Kayengoma, ruled from 1805-1812 and his Mbara was at Ndonga-linena. * Mulyata, ruled from 1812-1830 and he lived at Mayara. * Nandundu, ruled from 1830-1832 and she also lived at Mayara. * Muduva lived at Rutco, was a ruler from 1832-1860. * Shirongo, king of the Gciriku tribe from 1860-1864. * Muhera lived at Ngurungu, king of the Gciriku from 1865-1874. *Nyangana ruled from 1874-1924. He lived at Shitopogho, Matumba, Kanyondo and Mamono. * Haingura, 1925 to 1944 was a ruler and he lived at Mamono. * Linus Mudumbi Shashipapo ruled from 1945 to 1984. He lived at Ndiyona. *Sebastian Kamwanga, 1985 to 1999, had his royal seat at Mamono. *Kassian Shiyambi Kassian may refer to: * Kassian Cephas, first indigenou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gciriku
Gciriku is a traditional Kavango kingdom in what is today Namibia. Its people speak the Gciriku language. The Gciriku (Rugciriku: ''vaGciriku'') are one of the many ethnic groups in Namibia with an estimated population of 20 000. The Gciriku mainly live in Ndiyona Constituency, Kavango East. A small number of Gciriku live in the southern part of Angola. Their language, Rumanyo (previously known under the name Rugciriku), is also a Bantu language, spoken in the Ndiyona constituency and in Rundu. Origins The Gciriku are part of the Kavango migration group that originated in the parts of central Africa and the Great Lakes. In the early 1900s, the Gciriku became the first tribal group in the Kavango area to accept European missionaries. The Missionaries were given land and settled in an area now known as Nyangana (Kangweru) - Mamono. Royal rulers Hompa Nyangana (1874-1924) was a fierce critic of all European influence, and particularly that of missionaries. Six Catholic mission ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyangana (Gciriku King)
Nyangana is a village in the Ndiyona Constituency in Kavango East Region of north-eastern Namibia, situated east of Rundu. The Roman Catholic mission of Nyangana is located in the village. History The settlement is named after Nyangana, king of the Gciriku tribe. Catholic fathers of the organization Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate founded the Nyangana Mission in 1910, after they had been forced to leave the Andara Mission in 1908, as a result of a misfiring of a gun. King Libebe had turned hostile to the missionaries there. Nyangana was founded as a mission station by father Joseph Gotthardt during the seventh Catholic mission expedition to Kavango. The previous six expeditions had not been successful. Nyangana became the bridgehead position for the Catholics in Kavango. Even Andara was founded soon, in 1913, by Gotthardt. Gotthardt later became the Archbishop of South West Africa. Nyangana today Within the village, there are one Combined School and a private Roman C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kassian Shiyambi
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New Era (Namibia)
The ''New Era'' is a daily national newspaper owned by the government of Namibia. The newspaper is one of four daily national newspapers in the country, the others being ''The Namibian'' (English and Oshiwambo), ''Die Republikein'' (Afrikaans) and '' Allgemeine Zeitung'' (German). ''New Era'' was created by the ''New Era Publications Corporation Act of 1992''. According to Ullamaija Kivikuru, it copied the format of ''The Namibian'' in order to establish credibility. The two newspapers still resemble each other in having long stories spread over several pages. ''New Era'' has a usual circulation of 9,000, going up to 11,000 on Fridays.Rothe, ''Media System and News Selections in Namibia'', p. 23. It was established as a weekly newspaper and was later published only bi-weekly. It has appeared daily since 2004. ''New Era'' is published in English and five indigenous languages: Otjiherero, Oshiwambo, Damara/Nama, Silozi, and Khwedam. ''New Era'' is published by the New Era Public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Kamwanga
Sebastian Kamwanga (29 April 1929 – 22 January 1999) was a ''Hompa'' (king) of the Gciriku, one of five kingdoms of the Kavango people in northern Namibia, from 1985 to 1999. His royal seat was situated at Mamono. He sat in the Legislative Council and the Executive Council of Kavangoland from 1973 until Namibian independence in 1990 when Bantustans were abolished along with the South African apartheid occupation of South-West Africa. Kamwanga was born on April 29, 1929, in the village of Shankara in the Kavango Region. He completed teacher education at Döbra in 1951 and began training as Roman Catholic Catechist at Bunya Catholic Mission in 1959. Soon after being crowned ''Hompa'' of the Gciriku in 1985, Kamwanga drew criticism from his peer traditional leaders in the Kavango kingdom for referring to himself as ''Nkuruhompa'' (paramount chief), implying that he was the prime leader of the Kavango and paramount over the other four ''vaHompa''. This turned out to be a misunders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linus Mudumbi Shashipapo
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Haingura (Gciriku King)
Haingura is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Ambrosius Haingura (1957–2000), Namibian activist and politician *Petrina Haingura Petrina Namutenya Haingura (born 27 July 1959 in Rundu, Okavango Region) is a Namibian politician. Haingura is a member of SWAPO, and she holds a seat in the National Assembly of Namibia since 2005. She grew up in a SWAPO-supporting household and ... (born 1959), Namibian politician {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kavango People
The Kavango people, also known as the vaKavango or haKavango, are a Bantu ethnic group that resides on the Namibian side of the Namibian–Angolan border along the Kavango River. They are mainly riverine living people, but about 20% reside in the dry inland. Their livelihood is based on fishery, livestock-keeping and cropping (mainly pearl millet). The Kavango Region of Namibia is named after the people. In traditional politics they are divided into five kingdoms ( Kwangali, Mbunza, Shambyu, Gciriku and Mbukushu), each headed by a ''hompa'' or ''fumu'', both meaning "king". Traditional law is still in use and legitimized by the Namibian constitution. The Kavango people are matrilinear. The most common language spoken is RuKwangali (in Kwangali and Mbunza territory); also spoken are Shambyu, Gciriku, and Mbukushu in the corresponding territories. Their religion is mainly Christian although traditional elements still have a place. During the harvest season in April the vakwangali peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |