Ondonga royal family

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Ondonga royal family
Country Ovamboland, Namibia
Current head Fillemon Shuumbwa Nangolo
TitlesKing, natively: Omukwaniilwa

The Ondonga royal family consists of monarch of Ondonga of Namibia, the late King Immanuel Kauluma Elifas, his consorts, legitimate descendants, near relatives and female-line descendants of his great-great-grandmothers. As paramount chief within the Republic of Namibia and pursuant to the preservation of African traditional leadership, the hereditary head of the Ondonga dynasty retains kingly dignity, ethnic leadership, ritual authority and a civil list, reigning and ruling in Ondonga in conjunction with the Traditional Authority Act.

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Incumbent and family

The head of the Ondonga royal family was the late Immanuel Kauluma Elifas who had designated Fillemon Shuumbwa Nangolo to be King of the Ondonga nation of Namibia after his death. He was born on 9 June 1978, in Ondonga and approved by the Namibian government to be king of the Ondonga people on 10 June 2019. [1]

Consorts
Children

Predecessors

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References

  1. ↑ Haidula, Tuyeimo (10 June 2019). "Mushelenga recognises Shuumbwa as Ondonga king". The Namibian .[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ "African Chief Orders Woman to Burn Out Son's Eyes, Cites Bible". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, CA. June 21, 1967. p. 12. Retrieved December 14, 2024– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. ↑ "The royal fight for the Ondonga kingdom".
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