SHIKALEPO: THE 90-YEAR-OLD LIVING MEMORY OF OMUGULUGOMBASHE

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2026-08-24

TSANDI, 30 June 2026 - Tatekulu Festus Amukwa Shikalepo pictured at his homestead at the Omugulugombashe village. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

By Andreas Thomas
(NAMPA FEATURES SERVICE)
TSANDI, 23 AUG (NAMPA) - At 90, Tatekulu Festus Amukwa Shikalepo carries a memory that Namibia returns to every 26 August: the memory of a morning when the sound of helicopters over Omugulugombashe signalled the beginning of a war that would change the course of the country’s history.
For Shikalepo, the Battle of Omugulugombashe is more than a chapter in Namibia’s liberation history or an anniversary com...

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