Andimba toivo ya toivo biography channel

Namibian politician

Herman Andimba Toivo ya Toivo (22 August 1924 – 9 June 2017) was a Namibian anti-apartheid activist, politician and political prisoner.

Ya Toivo was active in the pre-independence movement, and is one of the co-founders of the South West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) in 1960, and before that, its predecessor the Ovamboland People's Organization (OPO) in 1959.

Andimba grew up in the northern part of Namibia, however he spent some time in Cape Town in the 1950s. He became politicised there and joined the African National Congress (ANC). Back in Namibia he became one of the early petitioners to the United Nations, advocating for the independence of Namibia.

This biographical video follows the remarkable life and legacy of Namibian freedom fighter, Andimba Toivo ya Toivo.

Freedom fighter who led the struggle to liberate Namibia before spending 16 years in a South African jail with Nelson Mandela.

Andimba Toivo yaToivo was a Namibian anti-apartheid activist and politician who was active in the pre-independence movement of Namibia.

We had the pleasure to sit down with Namibian nationalist, Andimba Toivo ya Toivo in August He was kind enough to tell his story.

Andimba Toivo ya Toivo, a Namibian nationalist leader who fought a long and dogged campaign for his land's independence and was jailed for 16 years.

Due to his political activism he was tried in 1966 under the Terrorism Act, and sentenced to 20 years in prison. He served 16 years in Robben Island in the same section as Nelson Mandela, to whom he was a personal friend.

He was released in 1984 and rejoined SWAPO as secre