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SWAPO
SWAPO (South West Africa People's Organization) A nationalist organization formed in South West Africa (
NAMIBIA) in 1964–66 as the South African government extended formal authority in the region. Driven from the country, SWAPO, under the presidency of Sam Nujoma, began a guerrilla campaign, operating largely from neighbouring Angola. Efforts by the United Nations failed to find an agreeable formula for Namibian independence and the guerrilla war continued until 1988. SWAPO won the first general election in November 1989. In the first post-independence elections in Namibia, in 1994, SWAPO secured a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly.
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Namibia's President Sam Nujoma in Harlem
Newspaper article from: New York Amsterdam News; 9/22/2004; ; 516 words
; ...and follower of Marcus Garvey Dr. Sam Nujoma, president of the Republic of Namibia...the activist community to welcome Nujoma on what will be his last visit to...Reception Committee to Welcome President Sam Nujoma of the Republic of Namibia," Brath...
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Sam Nujoma speaks, part I
Magazine article from: New African; 10/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Others Wavered - the Autobiography of Sam Nujoma was published recently by Panaf Books...the following extract, President Nujoma, now 72, talks about his early...the situation", he writes. "Iam Sam Nujoma ja Nujoma, born on 12 May 1929...
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Sam Nujoma film to be released next year.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (South Africa); 10/4/2006; 510 words
; ...Namibian president and national hero Sam Nujoma is due to be released on the local...Where Others Wavered, based on Nujoma's 2001 autobiography, stars American...fame and Carl Lumbly, who plays Nujoma, and is directed by American Charles...
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Sam Nujoma: president of Namibia. (Global Outlook)
Magazine article from: Economic Review; 4/1/1990; 700+ words
; ...unanimously elected nationalist leader Sam Nujoma as the country's first President...constitution of the Republic of Namibia", Nujoma told the 72-member assembly after...victory. Led by former railwayman Sam Nujoma, the South West Africa People...
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Namibia Elects 1st President: Sam Nujoma;Inauguration to Be Independence Day
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/17/1990; 580 words
; Sam Nujoma, a former guerrilla leader who spent 30...becomes independent from South Africa. Nujoma helped found the South West Africa People...General Javier Perez de Cuellar will swear in Nujoma on Namibia's independence day. Namibia...
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Transcript of Remarks by President Clinton and President Sam Nujoma of Namibia During a Press Availability (1 of 2)
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 6/16/1993; 700+ words
; ...transcript of remarks by President Clinton and President Sam Nujoma of Namibia during a press availability today: The Rose...Good morning. Today I am delighted to welcome President Sam Nujoma of Namibia to the White House. Here in this city named...
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President Sam Nujoma receives a rousing reception in Harlem
Newspaper article from: New York Beacon, The; 10/6/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Beacon, The 10-06-2004 President Sam Nujoma returned to Namibia after a rousing...the previous century. President Nujoma was greeted upon his entrance by...celebration, was the fact that President Nujoma, a founder and the leader of the...
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Remarks following discussions with President Sam Nujoma of Namibia and an exchange with reporters.
Newspaper article from: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents; 6/21/1993; 700+ words
; ...am delighted to welcome President Sam Nujoma of Namibia to the White House. Here...progress. Since that moment, President Nujoma has led his country through one of...country's civil war. President Nujoma's efforts to bring an end to this...
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Pohamba to fire up economic engine: the only political change brought about by the November general elections is that Sam Nujoma has been replaced by his old friend Hifkepunye Pohamba. The economy however, is another matter, as Tom Nevin reports.(NAMIBIA)
Magazine article from: African Business; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...commentators say, former President Sam Nujoma in the wings flashing cue cards to...the voting, the former president, Sam Nujoma, gave his protege one last push...WOOL PARTY MAN Namibian president Sam Nujoma's hand-picked successor, Hifikepunye...
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Central State University hears Namibia president at summer convocation. (speech by President Sam Nujoma)
Magazine article from: Jet; 7/12/1993; 689 words
; ...Performing Arts Center at CSU, Dr. Sam Nujoma said he was honored to be among such...the Namibian personality," said Nujoma, who was elected Namibia's first...Doctor of Laws honorary degree upon Nujoma. President Nujoma said his South...
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Sam Nujoma
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sam Nujoma (Samuel Daniel Shafiishuna Nujoma) , 1929-, Namibian political leader. A railway worker in what was then the South African mandate of South West Africa, Nujoma became the head of the Owambo People's Organization in 1959...
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Nujoma, Sam
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Nujoma, Sam (1929– ) Namibian...People's Organization (SWAPO) from 1959, Nujoma was exiled by the South African government...to resort to armed conflict from 1966, Nujoma controlled an army of highly effective SWAPO...
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Nujoma, Samuel 1929—
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
Samuel Nujoma 1929 — President of the Republic of Namibia Samuel Nujoma presides over a country whose independence...knowledge, the acronym SWAPO and leader Sam Nujoma became familiar words in the international...
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Shafiihuna Nujoma
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Shafiihuna Nujoma Shafiihuna Nujoma (born 1929) led the Southwest African People's Organization...became the first president of independent Namibia. Shafiihuna (Sam) Nujoma was born May 12, 1929, in the Ongandera area of northwestern...
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Nujoma, Samuel Daniel
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
Nujoma, Samuel Daniel ( ‘Sam’, Nujoma ) (b. 12 Mar. 1929). President of Namibia 1990...November 1989, SWAPO gained 57 per cent of the vote. Nujoma became President on Independence Day, 21 March 1990...
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