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Namibia: Lubango dungeon survivors wanted apology from Sam Nujoma decades after torture and unanswered questions – News

Namibia: Lubango dungeon survivors wanted apology from Sam Nujoma decades after torture and unanswered questions – News

Africa Links 24 with Martin Endjala
Published on 2025-02-17 17:00:00

Decades after their release, survivors of the Lubango dungeons remain haunted by memories of torture and loss – still waiting for an apology from founding president Sam Nujoma.

The camps, which were referred to as ‘Swapo death camps’ in the 1980s, were formally referred to as ‘omalambo’ (dungeons) in Oshiwambo.

Survivor Ilona Amakutuwa spoke to The Namibian last week while paying tribute to Nujoma, who died in Windhoek on 8 February.

She says Nujoma was her biological…

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