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Hendrik Witbooi
Hendrik Witbooi
A national hero in Namibia, Hendrik Witbooi was the Chief of the ǀKhowesin people. Witbooi is famously known for leading his people in an armed resistance against German colonialists. He died on the battlefront on 29 October 1905. His picture is featured on a couple of Namibian banknotes.
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