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    The Ovambo people (pronounced [ovambo] ), also called Aawambo, Ambo, Aawambo (Ndonga, Nghandjera, Kwambi, Kwaluudhi, Kolonghadhi, Mbalantu), or Ovawambo...
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    The Ovambo (English: /ɒˈvæmboʊ/) language is a dialect cluster spoken by the Ovambo people in southern Angola and northern Namibia, of which the written...
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  • Look up ovambo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ovambo may refer to: Ovambo language, Bantu language of Namibia Ovambo people, Bantu people of Namibia...
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    The Ovambo Uprising was an uprising against Portuguese colonial rule in World War I. It lasted from about 18 December 1914 to 6 February 1917 with the...
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    The Ovambo or Ovampo sparrowhawk, also known as Hilgert's sparrowhawk, (Accipiter ovampensis) is a species of sub-Saharan African bird of prey in the family...
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    rebellion (1913–1920) Zaian War (1914–1921) Kurdish rebellions (1914–1917) Ovambo Uprising (1914-1917) Kelantan rebellion (1915) Senussi campaign (1915–1917)...
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    on cattle raising, as did their southern neighbors, the Herero and the Ovambo. Still others, typically the old tributary kingdoms, came to speak Umbundu...
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    mainly in Northern Namibia. Formerly known as the Evangelical Lutheran Ovambo-Kavango Church (ELOC), it played a significant role in opposition to Apartheid...
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    Ovamboland (category Ovambo)
    ethnic-based second-tier authority, the Representative Authority of the Ovambos, in South West Africa (present-day Namibia). The apartheid government stated...
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    The Temne, also called Atemne, Témené, Temné, Téminè, Temeni, Thaimne, Themne, Thimni, Timené, Timné, Timmani, or Timni, are a West African ethnic group...
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