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Rosa Namises, the Glossary

Visolela Rosalinda "Rosa" Namises (born 1958), nicknamed the "Rosa Luxemburg of Namibia", is a Namibian politician, human-rights activist and chief of a faction of the ǀKhomanin, a clan of the Damara people.^[1]

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20th-century Namibian politicians
20th-century Namibian women politicians
Augustineum Secondary School alumni
Congress of Democrats politicians
Namibian feminists
Namibian nurses
Namibian people of Angolan descent
Politicians from Windhoek
South West African anti-apartheid activists
Violence against women in Namibia

Activism

Activism (or advocacy) consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in social, political, economic or environmental reform with the desire to make changes in society toward a perceived greater good.

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Apartheid legislation

The system of racial segregation and oppression in South Africa known as apartheid was implemented and enforced by many acts and other laws.

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ARD (broadcaster)

ARD is a joint organisation of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters.

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Augustineum Secondary School

The Augustineum Secondary School, established in 1866, is among the oldest schools in Namibia.

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Ben Ulenga

Benjamin Ulenga (born Benjamin Uulenga Uulenga on June 22, 1952.) is a Namibian trade unionist, politician, and diplomat. Rosa Namises and Ben Ulenga are Congress of Democrats politicians, Members of the National Assembly (Namibia) and South West African anti-apartheid activists.

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Breaking the Wall of Silence

Breaking the Wall of Silence (BWS) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Confidente

The Confidente is a weekly tabloid newspaper in Namibia.

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Congress of Democrats

The Congress of Democrats (CoD) is a Namibian opposition party without representation in the National Assembly and led by Ben Ulenga.

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Damara people

The Damara, plural Damaran (Khoekhoegowab: ǂNūkhoen, Black people, Bergdamara, referring to their extended stay in hilly and mountainous sites, also called at various times the Daman or the Damaqua) are an ethnic group who make up 8.5% of Namibia's population.

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Matriculation

Matriculation is the formal process of entering a university, or of becoming eligible to enter by fulfilling certain academic requirements such as a matriculation examination.

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Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa.

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Nora Schimming-Chase

Nora Schimming-Chase (1 December 1940 – 13 March 2018) was a Namibian politician and Namibia's first ambassador to Germany from 1992 to 1996. Rosa Namises and Nora Schimming-Chase are 20th-century Namibian politicians, 20th-century Namibian women politicians, 21st-century Namibian politicians, 21st-century Namibian women politicians, Congress of Democrats politicians, Members of the National Assembly (Namibia), politicians from Windhoek and Women members of the National Assembly (Namibia).

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Old Location

The Old Location (or as it was known then the Main Location) was an area segregated for Black residents of Windhoek, the capital of Namibia.

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Paralegal

A paralegal, also known as a legal assistant, or paralegal specialist is a legal professional who performs tasks that require knowledge of legal concepts but not the full expertise of a lawyer with an admission to practice law.

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Parliament of Namibia

The Parliament of Namibia is the national legislature of Namibia.

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Racial segregation

Racial segregation is the separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life.

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Robben Island

Robben Island (Robbeneiland) is an island in Table Bay, 6.9 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of the coast of Bloubergstrand, north of Cape Town, South Africa.

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Rosa Luxemburg

Rosa Luxemburg (Róża Luksemburg,;; born Rozalia Luksenburg; 5 March 1871 – 15 January 1919) was a Polish and naturalised-German revolutionary socialist, orthodox Marxist, and anti-War activist during the First World War.

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Solitary confinement

Solitary confinement is a form of imprisonment in which an incarcerated person lives in a single cell with little or no contact with other people.

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South African Border War

The South African Border War, also known as the Namibian War of Independence, and sometimes denoted in South Africa as the Angolan Bush War, was a largely asymmetric conflict that occurred in Namibia (then South West Africa), Zambia, and Angola from 26 August 1966 to 21 March 1990.

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SWAPO

The South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO; Suidwes-Afrikaanse Volks Organisasie, SWAVO; Südwestafrikanische Volksorganisation, SWAVO), officially known as the SWAPO Party of Namibia, is a political party and former independence movement in Namibia (formerly South West Africa).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Namises

Also known as Rosalinda Namises, Visolela Namises, Visolela Rosalinda Namises.

Rosa Namises, the Glossary

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See also

20th-century Namibian politicians

20th-century Namibian women politicians

Augustineum Secondary School alumni

Congress of Democrats politicians

Namibian feminists

Namibian nurses

Namibian people of Angolan descent

Politicians from Windhoek

South West African anti-apartheid activists

Violence against women in Namibia

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