Toivo ya Toivo: African revolutionary hero, co-founder of SWAPO passes on
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After spending years as a political prisoner the leader served as an inspiration to oppressed peoples worldwide
Pan-African News Wire
Abayomi Azikiwe
A man of strong beliefs and convictions, Cde Toivo dedicated his life to the fight against oppression by the then South Africa authorities, rejecting apartheid South Africa’s reduction of sovereign Namibia into its colony. His life was the personification of solidarity, the quest for self-determination and unyielding commitment to the liberation of his people.
Laudatory tributes and commendations poured into the Republic of Namibia over the weekend in the aftermath of the announcement of the passing of Herman Andimba Toivo ya Toivo, the co-founder of the Ovamboland People’s Organization (OPO), the pr...