Nam History Check Podcast
A podcast featuring Namibian Historic Icons.
Moses ǁGaroëb
In this podcast, you will learn more about Moses Mague ǁGaroeb, who became involved as a young man in the resistance against the forced removal to Katutura. When the organizers of the resistance movement drove around with a loudspeaker, announcing the protest boycott of municipal services, the 18-year old ǁGaroeb…
Twyfelfontein
In this podcast you will learn more about the Twyfelfontein heritage site, situated 70km west of the town of Khorixas in the southern Kunene region of Namibia. The site lies on the banks of the Aba Huab River in the Huab valley of the Mount Etjo formation.
Gerson Hitjevi Veii
In this podcast you will learn more about Gerson Hitjevi Veii, who was a Protestor, Freedom fighter and a Governor. Like many freedom fighters of his generation, he attended the Augustineum College in Okahandja, where he was expelled in his final year for writing anti-colonial essays.
Dr. Libertina Inaviposa Amathila
In this podcast, you will learn more about Former Deputy Prime Minister, medical doctor and politician, Dr. Libertina Amathila. During the liberation struggle, she was known as ‘Meme Doctor’ due to her kindness and love for humanity, which she displayed when she worked as a medical doctor to help Namibian…
David Hosea Meroro
In this podcast you will get to know David Hosea Meroro. Meroro got involved in efforts to liberate Namibia from the South African apartheid regime early on. Within the Chief’s Council, led by Hosea Kutako, he was a member of an intelligence unit called “Ozohoze” and also played a role…
Petrified Forest
In this podcast, you will learn about the petrified forest, which is situated about 50 km west of Khorixas. The forest was discovered by two farmers in 1940 and on the 1st of March 1950, it was declared a national monument.
Axali Doeseb
In this podcast, you will learn more about Namibian icon Axali Doeseb, who is a writer, composer, and music teacher, as well as an orchestra and choir conductor. Doeseb was Namibia’s first post-independent black conductor of the Namibian National Symphony Orchestra and is the composer of the Namibian National Anthem.
Eenhana Shrine
In this podcast, you will learn more about the Eenhana Shrine, which stands proud in Northern Namibia to this day - a historic monument that pays tribute to the heroes and heroines of Namibia’s liberation struggle.
Maxton Joseph Mutongolume
In this podcast you will learn about Maxton Joseph Mutongolume, who started his political career as a co-founder of the Ovamboland People’s Congress, while working in South Africa in the late 1950s.
Gertrude Kandanga
In this podcast you will learn about Gertrude Kandanga, a well-known public speaker, who was one of the first women to join the Owamboland People’s Organisation at Walvis Bay in 1959. She was also a founding member of SWAPO in 1960.
Markus Kooper
In this podcast, you will learn more about Markus Kooper. Kooper’s birthplace is historically significant, as it marks the ancient seat of the Red Nation Nama community, where Namibia’s oldest anti-colonial manifesto was signed, the Treaty of Hoachanas (1858).
Anton Lubowski
In this podcast you will learn more about advocate, ally, and anti-apartheid activist Anton Theodor Eberhard August Lubowski. As an advocate, Lubowski defended political prisoners and got involved with the Namibian trade union movement.
Brendan Simbwaye
In this podcast you will learn more about Brendan Kangongolo Simbwaye. A teacher turned politician, he founded the Caprivi African National Union (CANU), and later became SWAPO Vice President.
Anna "Kakurukaze" Mungunda
In this podcast, you will learn more about Anna Mungunda, also known as Kakurukaze, who became a symbol of the resistance of women against apartheid when she lost her life during the Old Location Massacre on 10 December 1959.
OTJIKOTO LAKE
In this podcast, you will learn more about the Otjikoto Lake, which was formed by a Karst process in which the ceiling of a cave collapsed. The lake is situated about 20km north-west of Tsumeb on the road to Oshakati.
Natalia Mavulu
In this podcast, you will learn more about struggle Icon Natalia Ndahambelela Mavulu, who - like many others - went into exile during the liberation struggle. A true believer in freedom and justice, Mavulu started a kindergarten in the Namibian refugee camp Nyango, Zambia and would go on to lead…
Hosea Kutako
In this podcast, you will learn more about chief Komumbumbi Hosea Kutako. When the Herero people rose against German rule in 1904, Kutako took part in the war as one of the leading commanders, but was wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of Hamakari in August 1904.
Quiver Tree Forest
In this podcast, you will learn more about the Quiver Tree Forest, a tourist attraction in Namibia. The forest is located about 14 km north-east of Keetmanshoop, on the road to Koës, on the Gariganus farm. The forest comprises about 250 specimens of Aloidendron dichotomum, locally known as the quiver…