Oukwanyama
Oukwanyama (Uukwanyama in the neighbouring Oshindonga dialect) is a traditional kingdom of the Ovambo people in what is today northern Namibia and southern Angola. Its capital is .
List of rulers[]
The Oukwanyama Kingdom and King Mandume Museum is located at . They speak the Kwanyama dialect.
The list of Oukwanyama kings, their kingdoms and estimated reigning time consists of;
- Kambungu ka Muheya (Onambambi-Onehula) around 1600
- Shitenhu (Oshiteve) around 1600
- Kawengeko (Ondjiva) around 1600
- Mushindi ua Kanhene Uandja (Ondjiva) around 1600
- Kavonga ka Haindongo (Ondjiva) around 1600
- Heita ya Muvale (Ondjiva) around 1690
- Hautolonde ya Uandja (Ondjiva) 1755-1760
- Mutota wa Haipiya (Ondjiva) 1760-1766
- Shimbilinga sha Nailambi (Ondjiva) 1766-1806
- Haihambo ya Mukwanhuli (Ondjiva) 1806-1807
- Hamangulu Nahambo ya Naivala (Ondjiva) 1807-1811
- Haimbili ya Haufiku (Ondjiva) 1811-1858
- Haikukutu yaShinangolo (Ondjiva) 1858-1859
- Sheefeni sha Hamukuyu (Ondjiva) 1859-1862
- Mweshipandeka ya Shaningika (Ondjiva) 1862-1882
- Namhadi ya Mweihanyeka (Ondjiva) 1882-1884
- Ueyulu ya Hedimbi (Ondjiva) 1884-1904
- Nande ya Hedimbi (Omukumbwaimbi) 1904–1911)
- Mandume ya Ndemufayo (Ondjiva) 1911-1917
- Cornelius Mwetupunga Shelungu (Omhedi) 1998-2005
- Martha Mwadinomho ya Kristian ya Nelumbu (Omhedi) 2005 –[1]
See also[]
- Category:Christian mission stations in Oukwanyama
References[]
- ^ Ndeyanale, Eliaser; Vatileni, Eino (18 November 2021). "'Secret' dealings divide Oukwanyama kingdom". The Namibian. p. 6.
External links[]
Categories:
- History of Namibia
- Ovambo
- Namibia stubs