Mukwahepo :: women soldier mother /

In 1963 Mukwahepo left her home in Namibia and followed her fiance across the border into Angola. They survived hunger and war and eventually made their way to Tanzania. There, Mukwahepo became the first woman to undergo military training with SWAPO. For nine years she was the only woman in SWAPO�...

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1. Verfasser: Namhila, Ellen Ndeshi
Körperschaft: Archives of Anti-Colonial Resistance and the Liberation Struggle (Namibia)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Windhoek : University of Namibia Press, [2013]
Schriftenreihe:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Zusammenfassung:In 1963 Mukwahepo left her home in Namibia and followed her fiance across the border into Angola. They survived hunger and war and eventually made their way to Tanzania. There, Mukwahepo became the first woman to undergo military training with SWAPO. For nine years she was the only woman in SWAPO's Kongwa camp. She was then thrust into a more traditional women's role - taking care of children in the SWAPO camps in Zambia and Angola. At Independence, Mukwahepo returned to Namibia with five children. One by one their parents came to reclaim them, until she was left alone. Already in her fifties,
Beschreibung:Research work supported by AACRLS, the Archives of Anti-Colonial Resistance and the Liberation Struggle of Namibia.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (160 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9789991642208
999164220X
9789991642215
9991642218

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