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Otto Omuwa-Etuna “Akudhenga” Shiyagaya

by Greg McEwan-Marriott | Aug 29, 2025 | North Western Front, Northern Front, SWAPO Units | 0 comments

He joined PLAN in July 1974. He travelled through Angola and Zambia before he arrived at Oshatotwa where he reunited with some of his childhood peers such as Niilo Taapopi "Kambwa kaShilongo", Shaanika Amukwaya, Max Kaanandunge, Nekwaya lyaHango, Athanasius Chimwandi...

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