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 Oihole. They caused one of the biggest defeats in Portuguese colonial history at the Battle of the Cunene in 1904.
Oukwanyama (Uukwanyama in the neighbouring Oshindonga dialect) is a traditional kingdom of the Ovambo people in what is today northern Namibia and southern...
Mandume ya Ndemufayo (1894 – 6 February 1917) was the last king of the Oukwanyama, a subset of the Ovambo people of southern Angola and northern Namibia...
Simson Teteinge Haivela Shituwa (b. ca. 1871 Oilambo, Oukwanyama, Angola — died 30 January 1969) was one of the first seven Ovambo pastors, whom the director...
Portuguese and German Empires during colonial rule, which cut through the Oukwanyama tribal area, placing some in Angola and others in Namibia. This results...
Ohamba (Queen) of the Oukwanyama, a dynasty of the Ovambo people in northern Namibia. Queen Mwadinomho was born into the Oukwanyama royal family at Oifidi...
pre-colonial and early colonial times, such as Ondonga, Ongandjera, and Oukwanyama. Its endonym is Ovambo ~ Owambo. In the 1960s, South Africa, which was...
Omupanda was a mission station of the Rhenish Mission Society in Oukwanyama in southern Angola, located 10 km to the south-east of Ondjiva. Omupanda was...
Haufiku Paulus Hamutenya (born c. 1884, Oukwanyama, Angola — died 12 September 1932) was one of the first seven Ovambos to be ordained a pastor in Oniipa...
chairman of the Oukwanyama Traditional Authority, senior traditional councillor George Nelulu, on behalf of the Queen of Oukwanyama, Martha Mwadinomo...
with Namibia. It was traditionally the seat of the Ovambo king of the Oukwanyama tribe. Ondjiva was greatly affected by the Angolan Civil War (1975-2002)...
Ndelihongela Munyika (born 21 May 1953, Omutwewondjaba, Omundaungilo, Oukwanyama, Namibia) is a bishop emeritus of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia...
Diocese of Namibia, is situated here. Onandova is an important seat of the Oukwanyama Traditional Authority. Traditional court is held here. "No title". Anglican...
north of Ondjiva. It was located on the borderland between the tribes of Oukwanyama and Evale. Oupyakadi was established in 1903 to replace Matadiva. When...
in 1984 and bears the name of King Mweshipandeka yaShaningika of the Oukwanyama. The aim for establishing the school was to limit the distance that was...
Juuso Amuaalua (Hamalwa) Ngaikukwete (born c. 1873 in Oukwanyama, Ovamboland, Namibia — died 17 June 1955) was one of the first seven Ovambo pastors, whom...
found a new settlement for the Oukwanyama people in the woods, 60 kilometres (37 mi) to the east of Engela. Oukwanyamas from Angola had already begun to...
The attempts of the Portuguese to subjugate the Ovambos of Ombadja and Oukwanyama were initially unsuccessful, and 1904 they suffered a massive defeat at...
in the Ohangwena Region in northern Namibia. Formerly situated in the Oukwanyama area it is since 2004 part of the town Helao Nafidi, although it still...
Among another Ovambo subgroup, the Oukwanyama, the ovashengi are not treated as well; however, they are the only Oukwanyama members entitled to play the ekola...
2014. Namacunde was a mission station of the Rhenish Mission Society in Oukwanyama in southern Angola, located 25 kilometres (16 mi) to the south-east of...
de Eça, against an Ovambo army, composed mainly of fighters from the Oukwanyama clan. Before the Scramble for Africa, the area of Southern Angola was...
Namibia and Angola) in 1921–1952. She took a hospital position in the Oukwanyama territory, first at Engela and then Eenhana. In 1922 she opened a small...
the north of Ondjiva. It was located in the northern extremity of the Oukwanyama tribal territory. Matadiva was established in 1900 by father Génié, but...
the Angolan-Namibia border (9 minutes driving). The village falls under Oukwanyama Traditional Authority in Ohaingu section and it is part of the Ongenga...
Central Angola Kingdom of Ndongo Kingdom 1515–1909 Africa: Central Angola Oukwanyama Kingdom 1600–present Africa: Central Angola Viye Kingdom 1700s–present...
Omatemba was a mission station of the Rhenish Mission Society in Oukwanyama in southern Angola, located 25 km to the south of Ondjiva. Omatemba was founded...
known as Ondeihaluka Combined School. In 2007 it was renamed after the Oukwanyama queen Martha Mwadinomho Kristian Nelumbu. Pupils at the school grow their...
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