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Tomas Shivute
Tomas Iimbondi Shivute (b. 15 April 1942 Onayena, Ondonga, Namibia) is a bishop emeritus of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia. Shivute is the son of Sakaria Nehoya lyaShivute shaNdjongolo and Rauha Namunyela gweEgumbo. He went to school in Oniinhwa during 1950–54, in Onayena during 1955–57, in Oniipa during 1958–59, and in the Ongwediva secondary school during 1960–63. Shivute studied theology in the Paulinum Theological Seminary in Otjimbingwe, Namibia, during 1965–68. He was ordained a pastor in 1968 in Nakayale. He pursued further studies in the University of Helsinki, Finland, during 1970–80, earning the degrees of Candidate of Theology, Master of Theology and Doctor of Theology, returning to Namibia after completing the last mentioned degree. Shivute was consecrated the Bishop of the Western Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN) in 2000 at Ongwediva by Presiding Bishop Apollos Kaulinge of Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onayena
Onayena is the district capital of Onayena Constituency in the north of Oshikoto Region in northern Namibia, situated approximately north of Etosha National Park. Economy and infrastructure The main economic activities in the constituency are agriculture and cattle rearing. Omahangu is the principal crop in Onayena, while cattle, goats and donkeys are the farming animals in the area. The constituency has important cultural and historical links. Onayena has a settlement prominent for investment opportunities and has a lot of large virgin land available housing and business investment. Nehale Senior Secondary School is located in Onayena. People from Onayena Constituency Onayena is the hometown of many prominent people in Namibia, such as the multi-award-winning kwaito musician and producer The Dogg, and home to the first Vice-President of Namibia, Nickey Iyambo. References External links * http://www.raison.com.na/school_maps/oshikoto_school_map.pdf * http://www.onay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namibian Lutheran Clergy
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 it does not border Zimbabwe, less than 200 metres (660 feet) of the Botswanan right bank of the 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, Damara and Nama people. Around the 14th century, immigrating Bantu peoples arrived as part of the Bantu expansion. Since then, the Bantu groups, the largest being the Ovambo, ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Oshikoto Region
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form " people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1942 Births
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shekutaamba Nambala
Shekutaamba Väinö yaVäinö Nambala (born 5 August 1952, Onewawa, Onyaanya, Ondonga, Namibia) is a Namibian bishop, currently holding the title of bishop emeritus of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia. He was formerly the Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia and consecrated Bishop of the Western Diocese in 2012. Education Nambala went to school in Ondjamba during 1962–63, in Omuntele during 1964–68, to the Onayena boys’ school in 1969, to the Ongwediva high school during 1970–70 and to the Oshigambo High School during 1975–76. Nambala was sworn in as the third chancellor of the International University of Management (IUM) in August 2018 replacing Bishop Emeritus Kleopas Dumeni. Nambala attended pastoral training at Mapumulo, South Africa, and obtained a Diploma in Theology in 1977–1980. He was ordained as pastor in 1981 at Ongwediva. Nambala pursued further studies in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA from 1983 to 1986, obtaining a masterâ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Sindano
Chiwempe Johannes Sindano (born 1 January 1941) is a bishop emeritus of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN). He was born in Muye, Mexico, Angola. Sindano is the son of Liwoyo yaSindano yaChiwempe and Nduuva yaNgonga. He went to school in Mupini during 1959–61 and in the boys’ school in Rupara in 1962, and then in the Rundu Secondary School during 1968–72. He received his theological training Lutheran Theological College in Mapumulo, Natal, South Africa during 1976–77 and in the Paulinum Theological Seminary, Windhoek, Namibia, during 1978–80, earning a diploma in the latter school. He was ordained a pastor in Ongwediva in 1981. Sindano was consecrated as Bishop of the Eastern Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN) in 2004 at Nkarapamwe parish, Rundu, Kavango, by Presiding Bishop Dr Tomas Shivute Tomas Iimbondi Shivute (b. 15 April 1942 Onayena, Ondonga, Namibia) is a bishop emeritus of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omusati Region
Omusati ( ng, Mopane, after the dominant tree in the area) is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, its capital is Outapi. The towns of Okahao, Oshikuku and Ruacana as well as the self-governed village Tsandi are situated in this region. , Omusati had 148,834 registered voters. The region is home to the Ruacana Falls and the Omugulugwombashe heritage site, where the Namibian struggle for independence started in 1966. Geography In the north, Omusati borders the Cunene Province of Angola. Domestically, it borders the following regions: *Ohangwena - northeast *Oshana - east * Kunene - south and west The region got its name from the Mopane tree (''omusati'': ng, Mopane) which is the dominant species in the region. The Makalani palms decrease rapidly westwards from the border with Oshana region. The change in vegetation type reflects ecological conditions forming a natural boundary between the two regions. The region is home to the Ruacana Falls. The waterfall is 120 meters (3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apollos Kaulinge
Apollos Mhani Nghilifa Kaulinge (b. 2 February 1934 Ondivandobe, Ondobe, Oukwanyama, Namibia) is a bishop emeritus of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia. Kaulinge is the son of Vilho Mwadikange yaKaulinge and Marta gaNdeutapo. He went to school in Ondobe during 1940–50, in Engela boys’ school during 1951–52 and in Oniipa during 1953–54 and in Ongwediva in 1955, and in Ongwediva and Oshigambo high schools during 1958–59. Kaulinge studied theology in the Elim seminary during 1960–62 and in the Lutheran Theological College in Mapumulo, Natal, South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ..., during 1963–65, where he earned a degree in 1965. He was ordained a pastor in Elim in 1962. Kaulinge was consecrated a Bishop of Eastern Diocese of the Evan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Helsinki
The University of Helsinki ( fi, Helsingin yliopisto, sv, Helsingfors universitet, abbreviated UH) is a public research university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but founded in the city of Turku (in Swedish ''Ã…bo'') in 1640 as the Royal Academy of Ã…bo, at that time part of the Swedish Empire. It is the oldest and largest university in Finland with the widest range of disciplines available. In 2020, around 31,600 students were enrolled in the degree programs of the university spread across 11 faculties and 11 research institutes. As of 1 August 2005, the university complies with the harmonized structure of the Europe-wide Bologna Process and offers bachelor, master, licenciate, and doctoral degrees. Admission to degree programmes is usually determined by entrance examinations, in the case of bachelor's degrees, and by prior degree results, in the case of master and postgraduate degrees. Entrance is particularly selective (circa 15% of the yearly applicants are admi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ondonga
Ondonga is a traditional kingdom of the Ovambo people in what is today northern Namibia. Its capital is Ondangwa, and the kingdom's palace is at Onambango. Its people call themselves ''Aandonga''. They speak the Ndonga dialect. The Ondonga kingdom is ruled by an ''Omukwaniilwa'' (king), assisted by a council of elders, the Ondonga Traditional Authority. After the death of king Immanuel Kauluma Elifas in March 2019, Fillemon Shuumbwa Nangolo was appointed as successor and subsequently recognised by government. In Ondonga the cultural heritage cannot be separated from the landscape around them. Landmarks such as trees or oshanas can be important heritage sites because of the stories that are associated with them. As in other Owambo kingdoms, the most important heritage sites were the places where their ancestral leaders were buried. Succession rules The king's succession is matrilinear. Both king and queen are to marry outside the royal family. The first in line to the throne is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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