Hendrik Samuel Witbooi

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Monument of Captain Hendrik Samuel Witbooi at Parliament Gardens in Windhoek

Captain Hendrik Samuel Witbooi,

South-West Africa (SWA), today's Namibia. He was born in Gibeon; Hendrik Witbooi was his grandfather. He was selected to be the successor of his uncle David Witbooi who died in 1955.[1]

Together with

Michael Scott, because neither Kutako nor Witbooi were allowed to leave South-West African territory.[2] In 1956, Witbooi addressed the UN again, "on behalf of the non-European inhabitants of SWA".[3] The results were that the UN rejected a request to divide South-West Africa and allocate its southern parts permanently to South Africa.[1]
They also extended their own mandate on South-West Africa for one more year.

Witbooi was a strong opponent of the

Homeland policy. Furthermore, he aggressively opposed the enforced resettlement of the ǃGami-ǂnun (Bondelswarts) from the Warmbad area to Gibeon. Throughout November 1967 he advised the ǃGami-ǂnun in Warmbad to reject any South African resettlement plans. Witbooi joined SWAPO in 1977 but died not long after that, in 1978. Hendrik Witbooi, Jr. succeeded him as chief of the ǀKhowesin.[1]

Hendrik Samuel Witbooi is regarded a hero of the

Namibian struggle for independence
. He is known for the quote

"I don't want to possess a part of our country — I want to have the whole Namibia."

which resulted in a criminal charge laid against him by the South African administration.

Tintenpalast there is a statue of him.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Dierks, Klaus. "Biographies of Namibian Personalities, W". Retrieved 2 October 2010.
  2. ^ Vigne, Randolph (7 July 2006). "Michael Scott, 'a troublemaker' who helped people of Namibia". The Namibian.
  3. ^ Kössler, Reinhart (1998). "Traditional communities and the state in Southern Africa" (PDF). Africa Spectrum. 33 (1): 19–37.
  4. ^ "Monuments". Visit Windhoek. Archived from the original on 7 March 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
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