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Martha Mwadinomho Kristian Nelumbu (born 1930) is the Queen of the
Oukwanyama Oukwanyama (''Uukwanyama'' in the neighbouring Oshindonga dialect) is a traditional kingdom of the Ovambo people in what is today northern Namibia and southern Angola. Its capital is Ehole. List of rulers The Oukwanyama Kingdom and King Mandume M ...
, a dynasty of the
Ovambo people The Ovambo people (), also called Aawambo, Ambo, Aawambo (Ndonga, Nghandjera, Kwambi, Kwaluudhi, Kolonghadhi, Mbalantu), or Ovawambo (Kwanyama) the biggest of the Aawambo sub-tribes are a Bantu ethnic group native to Southern Africa, primarily mo ...
in northern
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 ea ...
. She was appointed in November 2005, succeeding her cousin Kornelius Mwetupunga Shelungu. She is the first woman leader to head this traditional authority.
Mwadinomho Combined School Mwadinomho Combined School is a school in the Endola Constituency, in the Ongha circuit in Ohangwena Region in northern Namibia. It is situated in the settlement of Ondeihaluka, about 30 km north of Ondangwa, alongside the B1 road (Namibia), B1 ...
in
Ondeihaluka Ondeihaluka is a small village in Ohangwena Region outside of Ondangwa. It is the home of the Mwadinomho Combined School. References

Villages in Namibia Populated places in the Ohangwena Region {{Namibia-geo-stub ...
is named after her.


See also

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Traditional leadership of Namibia Traditional leadership of Namibia is a governing structure in Namibia based on the ethnicity of the indigenous people of the territory. Acceptance of a traditional authority is vested in the Government of Namibia. There are 51 recognised tradition ...
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List of current constituent monarchs This is a list of currently reigning constituent monarchs, including traditional rulers and governing constitutional monarchs. Each monarch listed below reigns over a legally recognised dominion, but in most cases possess little or no soverei ...


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1930 births Living people Ovambo people People from Ohangwena Region Namibian chiefs {{Namibia-bio-stub