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Hamutenya Ndadi

Jason Hamutenya Ndadi (born 1926 in Ouhongo, South West Africa, today Namibia, died 1977 in Angola), also known as Wanehepo, was a Namibian liberation fighter and co-founder of the Ovamboland People's Organization (OPO), the predecessor organization of SWAPO.

Hamutenya died in a traffic accident and was initially buried in the Hainyeko Training Center Cemetery near Lubango in Angola. The body was relocated to his home town of Ouhongo on 6 May 2005.

A street in Windhoek's Olympia suburb was renamed after Ndadi in 2007.

Literature and movies

  • Ndadi, Tshoombe. Wanehepo: a Biography of Late Comrade Jason Hamutenya Ndadi (Wanehepo) 1926-1977. Brighton Polytechnic, 1985.
  • Wanehepo: The Return of a Namibian Hero. Namibia 2006, 57 minutes.

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