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Namibia’s bitter hundred-year struggle against
colonial rule came to an end on March 21, 1990, when Sam Nujoma was sworn in
as the first president of independent Namibia.
As the Cofounder and leader of the South West Africa People’s Organization
(SWAPO), Sam Nujoma spearheaded the country’s thirty-year military and
diplomatic campaign, attacking South Africa’s illegal presence in what was at the
time called, South West Africa.
In the process, Nujoma emerged as the personification of the Namibian
independence struggle.
It then took many years of revolt and warfare for Namibia to gain its independence
from South Africa and during the years of revolt and warfare, between 20 000 and
25 000 people died.
In this episode of African Biographics, we cover the story of Sam Nujoma,
Namibia’s First President and that country eventually achieved independence from
South Africa.
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Sources:
SWAPO’S VERSION OF HISTORY IN NAMIBIA: Asian and African Studies, Volume 28,
Number 2, 2019
Encyclopedia of African history :/ Kevin Shillington, editor.
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