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Revision as of 20:00, 31 March 2014
Peter Eneas Nanyemba (Ndilimani) (1935 – 1 April 1983) was a Namibian freedom fighter[1] and Commander of the Swapo Party's military wing, the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN). He also arranged training and equipment for PLAN.
Early life
Nanyemba grew up in Owamboland in the north of Namibia and had to work as a herder dusring the schoolyears. He subsequently moved to Walvis Bay where he went in the circles critical of the apartheid regime.[1]
Political career
Nanyemba left Namibia in 1962 to participate in the anti-apartheid movement. He served as a Swapo representative in East Africa, and was posted in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. He was subsequently elected Secretary of Defence. He was killed on 1 April 1983 in a car accident in Lubango in the Angola's Huila Province, while still in office.[1]
Recognition
A primary school was built and named after him in Angola in 2005, also a rehabilitation of the cemetery and a monument outside Lubango at the cost of N$ 8,5 million.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "A tribute to Peter Eneas Nanyemba Ndilimani Lyomukunda W?amupolo". Informante. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
- ^ http://www.republikein.com.na/afrika/namibia-inaugurates-primary-school-in-angola.91783.php