Juuso Amuaalua (Hamalwa) Ngaikukwete (born ca. 1873 in Oukwanyama,

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pastors, whom the director of the

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into priesthood in Oniipa,

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Friedrich Meisenholl in Oukwanyama. Ngaikukwete went to school in Oniipa during 1918–20 and to the Oniipa seminary during 1922–25. He worked in Oshitayi during 1925–34 and in

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during 1934–55. Ngaikukwete was married to Mwaalwa Maria gaShelungu (b. 1899) and they had one son and three daughters.

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