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Event · 1915 CE – 1990 CE

South-West Africa

Also known as

Africa de Sud-Vest
Africa del Sud-Ovest
Africa del Sudoeste
Afrika Barat Daya
Afrika ya Kusini-Magharibi
Afryka Południowo-Zachodnia

Image illustrating South-West Africa — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · South West Africasee Wikimedia Commons

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birthplace ofBonifatius Haushiku1935 CE
birthplace ofHeinrich Isaacks1985 CE
birthplace ofJohn Mutorwa1957 CE
birthplace ofMzee Kaukungwa1919 CE
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South-West Africa · Alexandria

Willem Konjore

1945 CE

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