Royal family of the Ondonga people of Ovamboland, Namibia
Ondonga royal family
Country
Ovamboland, Namibia
Current head
Fillemon Shuumbwa Nangolo
Titles
King, natively: Omukwaniilwa
The Ondonga royal family consists of monarch of Ondonga of Namibia, the late King Immanuel Kauluma Elifas, his consorts, legitimate descendants, near relatives and female-line descendants of his great-great-grandmothers. As paramount chief within the Republic of Namibia and pursuant to the preservation of African traditional leadership, the hereditary head of the Ondonga dynasty retains kingly dignity, ethnic leadership, ritual authority and a civil list, reigning and ruling in Ondonga in conjunction with the Traditional Authority Act.
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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...
in June 2012. Nangolo's nomination was, however, disputed by the Ondongaroyalfamily. This led to irreconcilable differences, which saw Elifas getting...
century AD) Ondonga (1650 AD–?/present) (NSM in Namibia) (split into Oshitambi and Onamayongo during civil war (1885–1908 AD)) (List of Ondonga kings) Uukwanyama...
Christians within the Oukwanyama kingdom. Numerous Christian families fled to the Ondonga kingdom of the Ovambos. Ya Ndemufayo did not favor Portuguese...
mainly with an eye toward continuing the mission. They reached as far as Ondonga before local hostility forced them to flee for their lives. Rath and Hahn...
on Fort Namutoni in the north of the country a few weeks later by the Ondonga. A Herero warrior interviewed by German authorities in 1895 had described...
Battle of Namutoni (part of the Herero Wars), 500 Ovambo warriors led by Ondonga chief Nehale Mpingana attacked Fort Namutoni in German South West Africa...
He also damaged a second Val. In late October, No. 15 Squadron moved to Ondonga in New Georgia; it was to support operations against the Treasury Islands...
2933 crash, heart attack. Immanuel Kauluma Elifas, 86, Namibian royal, Chief of Ondonga (since 1975). Andrew Marshall, 97, American military and diplomatic...
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