Whereas many Namibians have names that originate from the previous colonial energy Germany, a newly elected municipal council has risen to prominence in a single day, not due to its victory however as a result of his identify is Adolf Hitler.
Adolf Hitler Uunona, 54, a politician from the ruling Southwest African Folks’s Group (SWAPO) political social gathering, was elected final week to the municipal council of the Ompundja constituency in northern Namibia, with 85% of the vote.
Uunona sounded somewhat irritated and informed Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Thursday that he was puzzled that folks had been fascinated by the truth that he was named after one of many world’s most notorious dictators.
He refused to debate the explanations for his identify being Adolf Hitler.
“I don’t intend to entertain the dialog. There isn’t any cause for us to take a seat right here and have an entire dialog about my identify,” he replied.
“Do you actually need us to have an entire dialog about my identify? How will it make Namibia a greater nation? How will it contribute to our nation’s improvement?” Requested Uunona when contacted by an AFP journalist.
Germany colonized Namibia – then Southwest Africa – from 1884 to 1915.
After the First World Warfare, the League of Nations mandated South Africa to manage the territory as a protectorate, which dominated for 75 years.
German occupiers in Namibia killed tens of 1000’s of indigenous Herero and Nama individuals in massacres from 1904 to 1908, which historians have referred to as the primary genocide of the twentieth century.
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