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Ndeutala Angolo
Ndeutala Angolo (born 1952), also known as Ndeutala Selma Hishongwa and Ndeutala Angolo Amutenya, is a Namibian writer and political activist. Her 1986 book ''Marrying Apartheid'' is considered the first English-language novel by a black Namibian woman. Angolo organized in exile with the independence movement SWAPO in the 1970s and 1980s. After returning to Namibia during its transition to independence, she served as permanent secretary in the Office of the Presidency and in the Ministry of Safety and Security for nearly three decades. Early life and education Ndeutala Angolo was born in 1952 in Okalili, in Namibia's northwestern Omusati Region. She was the second of seven children. Her native language is the Oshindonga dialect of Oshivambo. Her parents were traditional farmers, and she did not start school until the age of nine. After attending high school in Oshigambo, she studied to become a nurse and began working in a local hospital. Angolo joined the anti- apartheid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. Although Kazungula, it does not border Zimbabwe, less than 200 metres (660 feet) of the Botswanan right bank of the Zambezi, Zambezi River separates the two countries. Namibia gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990, following the Namibian War of Independence. Its capital and largest city is Windhoek. Namibia is a member state of the United Nations (UN), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU) and the Commonwealth of Nations. The driest country in sub-Saharan Africa, Namibia has been inhabited since pre-historic times by the San people, San, Damara people, Damara and Nama people. Around the 14th century, immigration, immigrating Bantu peoples arrived as part of the Bantu expansion. Since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |