Omhedi cultural landscape
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| Omhedi cultural landscape Omhedi Cultural Landscape |
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National monument in Namibia 
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| Monument type | Cultural landscape | ||
| location | Engela | ||
| Geographic coordinates : | 17 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ S , 15 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
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Recognized by the National Heritage Council |
September 1, 2011 | ||
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| Sponsorship | communal | ||
| Website | NHC Namibia | ||
The Omhedi Cultural Landscape ( English Omhedi Cultural Landscape ) is a cultural landscape near Engela in the Ohangwena region in northern Namibia . Since September 1st, 2011 it has been a National Monument of Namibia .
The cultural landscape borders on the palace of the Uukwanyama , which is located in the northern Namibian village of Omhedi and is a power center of the Uukwanyama tribe . The palace property has been ruled by Martha Mwadinomho waKristian yaNelumbu since 2005 . The Uukwanyama, a clan of the Ovambo , are spread over 55 villages in the four O regions there .
literature
- Napandulwe Shiweda: Omhedi: Displacement and Legitimacy in Oukwanyama politics, Namibia, 1915-2010 , Cape Town 2011, University of the Western Cape, dissertation ( PDF ).
Web links
Commons : Omhedi Cultural Landscape - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ 155/2011 Omhedi. National Heritage Council. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
- ↑ National Heritage Council of Namibia (ed.): Proclamation of 13 national heritage places. nhc-nam.org Internet portal, undated (English), website accessed on April 7, 2020.
- ↑ a b c Ruth Styles: "The Queen of England should come here to take lessons from us!": Meet the lion skin-clad queen of Namibia's Okwanyama tribe, who lives inside a labyrinth. Daily Mail online, March 24, 2014 (English)
- ↑ a b c At home with Oukwanyama queen Mwadinohmo. The Namibian online, March 28, 2014 (English).