Sam Nujoma, the fiery freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its first president for 15 years, and was known as the father of the ...
he directed a guerrilla army in a 24-year war for independence from South African rule. By Alan Cowell Sam Nujoma, the founding president of an independent Namibia, who led a Soviet-backed ...
While attending night classes, he met Hosea Kutako who was lobbying to end apartheid rule in Namibia, then known as South West Africa. Kutako became his mentor, as Nujoma became politically ...
Sam Nujoma, the fiery freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its president for 15 years, has died WINDHOEK, Namibia -- Sam Nujoma ...