St Barnabas, Windhoek
St Barnabas was an Anglican missionary station, church, and school in Windhoek, the administrative centre of South-West Africa. The school was situated in the now-demolished Old Location suburb.
St Barnabas Anglican Mission School
The primary school at St Barnabas was founded in 1923. It was, at that time, the only school in the territory of South-West Africa where teachers were black.[1]
In the 1950s, the school had classes up to matric and accommodated people that could only attend in the evenings.[2]
Notable alumni
A number of prominent Namibians attended St Barnabas, among them:
- Clemens Kapuuo (1923–1978) – paramount chief, OvaHerero[3]
- Mburumba Kerina – co-founder, SWAPO (SWAPO Party of Namibia), the National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO), and the Federal Convention of Namibia (FCN)[4]
- Sam Nujoma – founding president of Namibia; attended St Barnabas as from 1949[5]
- Kuaima Riruako (1935–2014) – paramount chief, OvaHerero; president, National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO)
- Tjama Tjivikua – rector, Polytechnic of Namibia; attended St Barnabas from 1967 until the closure of the Old Location[6]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Henrichsen, Dag, ed. (1997). A Glance at Our Africa: Facsimile Reprint of Southwest News--Suidwes Nuus, 1960. Basler Afrika Bibliographien. p. 35. ISBN 9783905141696.
- ↑ Tonchi, Lindeke & Grotpeter 2012, pp. 300–301.
- ↑ Newton, Michael (2014). Famous Assassinations in World History: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 254. ISBN 9781610692861.
- ↑ Ndjebela, Toivo (30 September 2011). "'I am politics' John the Baptist'". New Era. accessible via allafrica.com. External link in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ Tonchi, Lindeke & Grotpeter 2012, p. 300.
- ↑ Laudatio for the conferment of the Dr h.c. degree: Dr Tjama Tjivikua. "Dr. Tjama Tjivikua receives an Honorary Doctorate". Honoring the Achievers at the 138th Commencement of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, U.S.A. (PDF). Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
Literature
- Tonchi, Victor L; Lindeke, William A; Grotpeter, John J (2012). Historical Dictionary of Namibia. Historical Dictionaries of Africa, African Historical Dictionaries (2 ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810879904.
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