Uukwambi is a traditional kingdom of the Ovambo people in what is today northern Namibia . Its capital is Elim .
9-763: The last king of Uukwambi was Iipumbu yaTshirongo , who was toppled by the South African authorities in 1932. Nowadays the highest traditional authority in Uukwambi is referred to as ‘head chief’ (‘elenga enene’). Using the prefix uu- (Bantu noun class 14) to refer to the land belonging to the tribe sets the Kwambis apart from their neighbours the Ndongas and the Ngandjeras, who use the noun class 9 prefix instead (Ondonga and Ongandjera, respectively). This practice
18-515: Is however by no means unique to the Kwambis but is also found in some other parts of Bantu-speaking Africa. Compare for example ‘Uganda’, which signifies the land of the Ganda people, in the same way that ‘Uukwambi’ signifies the land of the Kwambi people. The most important town of northern Namibia, Oshakati ( Kwambi : Otshakati), is located within the traditional borders of Uukwambi. Sam Nujoma ,
27-488: Is one of nine national heroes of Namibia who were identified at the inauguration of the country's Heroes' Acre near Windhoek . Founding president Sam Nujoma remarked in his inauguration speech on 26 August 2002 that: Chief Iipumbu ya Tshilongo was a true Namibian nationalist ruler who rejected the idea to pay taxes to the South Africa colonial authorities and who refused to cooperate with them. He also did not allow
36-578: The Catholic Church to establish a station at Oshikuku in 1924. He ignored the Administration's request to send contract laborers, refused to pay taxes, and was generally uncooperative towards the authorities. Oral history and archival records characterize ya Tshilongo as a despotic tyrant who ruled with an iron fist. He had many of his subjects flee his influence, including his daughter, Neekulu ya Shivute. Both his stubbornness towards
45-550: The authorities and his questionable way of ruling led to a decision to topple him. In 1932, troops under Resident Commissioner Hahn attacked the Uukwambi during his absence and had his homestead at Onashiku bombed with military aircraft. Iipumpu ya Tshilongo was later arrested and forced into exile in Kavango . He returned in 1938 to Amupolo due to illness. Ya Tshilongo died in Oshikuku on 9 September 1959. Iipumbu ya Tshilongo
54-465: The first president of independent Namibia, is the son of Kwambi princess Helvi Mpingana Kondombolo . This Namibia -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Iipumbu Ya Tshilongo Iipumbu ya Tshilongo (1875–1959) was the king of Uukwambi , an Ovambo clan in Namibia , from 1907 to 1932. He is one of the national heroes of Namibia. Iipumbu ya Tshilongo
63-417: The missionaries to gain any influence over him or his people. [...] His resistance and strong nationalistic character inspired many people, even in his absence, to continue with the anti-colonial struggle. [...] To his revolutionary spirit and his visionary memory we humbly offer our honor and respect. Ya Tshilongo is honored in form of a granite tombstone with his name engraved and his portrait plastered onto
72-568: The tribal area of the Uukwambi from encroaching white settlers, going as far as having the roads guarded that led into Uukwambi territory. Ya Tshilongo also resisted European cultural influence exercised via the establishment of mission stations and administrative outposts. Having rebuked the Finnish Missionary Society and the South West African Administration for years, he only allowed
81-525: Was born in 1873 in Onatshiku, a settlement near Elim , today in the Omusati Region of northern Namibia. An accident as an adolescent earned him the nickname Ndilimani ( Oshiwambo : dynamite ) when an explosion blew three fingers off his left hand. He became the eighteenth king of the Uukwambi in 1907, succeeding King Negumbo lya Kandenge. During his reign he became known to jealously protect
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