Mvula ya Nangolo
Born(1943-08-09)9 August 1943
Oniimwandi, South West Africa
Died25 April 2019(2019-04-25) (aged 75)
Tauben Glen, Windhoek, Namibia
NationalityNamibian
Occupation(s)Journalist, poet

Mvula ya Nangolo (9 August 1943 – 25 April 2019) was a Namibian journalist and poet.[1][2][3][4]

He was born in Oniimwandi on 9 August 1943 and grew up in Lüderitz and later Windhoek. He joined the independence movement SWAPO at the age of 18 and later moved to Germany on a journalism scholarship. He was the first editor of Namibia Today and worked as a Special Advisor to the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology. He died on 25 April 2019 in Tauben Glen, Windhoek as a result of complications from a stroke.[1]

In the poem Namibia he said :

"My heart opens up when I am in the mountains

Where I can be alone with my thoughts

I’ve returned here to be in the deserts

I love to hear the sound made by sand dunes".[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Kahiurika, Ndanki (25 April 2019). "Veteran journalist Mvula ya Nangolo dies". The Namibian.
  2. "Tribute to Peter Mvula Ya Nangolo … On behalf of 50 former Swapo secondary education students in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1975–1980". New Era Live. May 6, 2019.
  3. "Mvula Ya Nangolo-Namibia | Revue Noire". www.revuenoire.com.
  4. "The love streak in Mvula ya Nangolo's poems". The Namibian.
  5. From 'Watering the Beloved Desert'. Makanda, Brown turtle press, 2008 scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk


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