Ovamboland People's Organization
| Ovamboland People's Organization | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | OPO |
| President | Sam Nujoma (1959 - 1960) |
| Chairperson | Lucas Haleinge Nepela |
| Founder |
Andimba Toivo ya Toivo Sam Nujoma |
| Founded | 19 April 1959, Cape Town, South Africa |
| Ideology | African nationalism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
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The Ovamboland People's Organization is a defunct nationalist organization that advocated an independent Ovamboland (Namibia). Andimba Toivo ya Toivo and Sam Nujoma founded the OPO in 1959, Lucas Haleinge Nepela became its first chairperson.[1] A year later, the organization sought a pan-ethnic independence for the country and formed into the South West Africa People's Organization.[2]
On December 10, 1959, police shot and killed 11 protesters in Windhoek's Old Location,[3] forcing OPO leaders to go into exile and create the South-West Africa People's Organization.[4]
References
- ↑ Xoagub, Francis (3 July 2012). "Liberation struggle pioneer honoured". New Era.
- ↑ Dictionary of African historical biography "Sam Nujoma", Page 280, 1989
- ↑ "History of Old Location and Katutura". Namibweb. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
- ↑ Peter N. Stearns and William Leonard Langer. The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged, 2001. Page 1070.
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