{"id":261017,"date":"2019-03-24T06:57:37","date_gmt":"2019-03-24T04:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=261017"},"modified":"2019-03-25T11:04:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T09:04:34","slug":"we-did-not-care-about-borders-nangonya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=261017","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We did not care about borders\u2019 \u2013 Nangonya"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_261032\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 468px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/\u2018We-did-not-care-about-borders\u2019-\u2013-Nangonya-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-261032\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/\u2018We-did-not-care-about-borders\u2019-\u2013-Nangonya-1.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018We did not care about borders\u2019 \u2013 Nangonya\" width=\"468\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/\u2018We-did-not-care-about-borders\u2019-\u2013-Nangonya-1.jpg 468w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/\u2018We-did-not-care-about-borders\u2019-\u2013-Nangonya-1-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured: Mau Mau fighters on parade after Kenya attained political independence.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Placido Hilukilwa<\/p>\n<p>WE did not care about the artificial colonial borders between African countries. What we wanted was to liberate the African continent from colonial oppression, said Gotfrey Nangonya, a Pan-Africanist who, although himself an Angolan national, inspired many Namibians to join the liberation struggle he was himself involved in since the late 1950s.<br \/>\nA resident of Ondjiva in the Cunene province of Angola, the 88-years-old Nangonya is currently in Windhoek for medical reasons.<br \/>\nSpeaking in an interview with Informant\u00e9 at a time when Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta is on official visit in Namibia, Nangonya said that he has fond memories of Kenya where he briefly joined the Mau Mau uprising.<br \/>\nThe Mau Mau were Kenyan freedom fighters who waged a war against British colonial rule from 1952 to 1960.<br \/>\nRight at the start of the telephonic interview Nangonya freely made an important admission. \u201cMy son, due to the fog of age and ill health I can no longer put events in their chronological order nor remember all the dates,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nHe said he joined the ANC in South Africa and was one of those sent by ANC leader Albert Luthuli to attend a conference in Egypt.<br \/>\nOn his way back to South Africa he and a companion ended up in Mombassa, Kenya, where they briefly joined the Mau Mau uprising.<br \/>\n\u201cWe completed a few months of military training, but a senior Mau Mau leader who officiated at our passing out parade noticed our \u2018unfamiliar\u2019 names and, upon hearing that we were from South Africa, advised us to return to South Africa and continue the struggle there. However, we did not really care about the artificial colonial borders between African countries. What we wanted was to liberate the African continent from colonial oppression and we were ready to fight anywhere in Africa,\u201d said Nangonya.<br \/>\nHe said he returned to South Africa but did not stay long and eventually ended up in southern Angola and northern Namibia where he was classified as an \u2018agitator\u2019 and was constantly harassed by the police.<br \/>\n\u201cNangonya inspired many of us to join the liberation struggle,\u201d said retired Namibian police Commissioner Nghiyalasha Haulyondjaba.<br \/>\nIn 1974, Nangonya became the liaison officer between Swapo and UNITA in southern Angola and was caught in the cross fire when relations between the two moments turned sour in 1976.<br \/>\nThat same year he was detained by the MPLA-led government and kept in jail without trial. He was released in 1981 and immediately joined the Angolan Civic Association as head of its human rights program.<br \/>\nHis second detention was to come in November 1992 after the outbreak of fighting between government forces and UNITA following Angola\u2019s first democratic elections, the results of which were rejected by UNITA.<br \/>\nThis second arrest was an apparent vengeance following a statement made by the then UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi during a campaign rally in which he allegedly identified Nangonya as the man who during the civil war was heading UNITA\u2019s clandestine network in Luanda.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, the Angolan government has recognized Nangonya as a war veteran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Placido Hilukilwa WE did not care about the artificial colonial borders between African countries. 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