Mvula ya Nangolo (9 August 1943 – 25 April 2019) was a Namibian

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...

and

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. He was born in

Oniimwandi Onimwandi is a settlement in the Oshana Region in northern Namibia. It belongs to the Oshakati West electoral constituency and is situated away from Oshakati on the left hand side of the main road on the way to Okahao. The headman of the Oniimwand ...

on 9 August 1943 and grew up in

Lüderitz Lüderitz is a town in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia. It lies on one of the least hospitable coasts in Africa. It is a port developed around Robert Harbour and Shark Island. The town is known for its colonial architecture, includi ...

and later

Windhoek Windhoek (, , ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek in 20 ...

. He joined the independence movement

SWAPO The South West Africa People's Organisation (, SWAPO; af, Suidwes-Afrikaanse Volks Organisasie, SWAVO; german: Südwestafrikanische Volksorganisation, SWAVO), officially known as the SWAPO Party of Namibia, is a political party and former ind ...

at the age of 18 and later moved to Germany on a journalism scholarship. He was the first editor of

Namibia Today The South West Africa People's Organisation (, SWAPO; af, Suidwes-Afrikaanse Volks Organisasie, SWAVO; german: Südwestafrikanische Volksorganisation, SWAVO), officially known as the SWAPO Party of Namibia, is a political party and former ind ...

and worked as a Special Advisor to the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology. He died on 25 April 2019 in Tauben Glen,

as a result of complications from a stroke. In the poem Namibia he said : "My heart opens up when I am in the mountains Where I can be alone with my thoughts I’ve returned here to be in the deserts I love to hear the sound made by sand dunes".From 'Watering the Beloved Desert'. Makanda, Brown turtle press, 2008 scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk

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1943 births 2019 deaths Namibian journalists Namibian poets People from Oshana Region 20th-century Namibian writers 21st-century Namibian writers Namibian expatriates in Germany People from Lüderitz {{Namibia-writer-stub