Mukwahepo: Women Soldier Mother

About the Author

141 ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ellen Ndeshi Namhila was born at Ondobe village in northern Namibia in 1963, and went into exile when she was twelve years old. She got her education in Namibia, Angola, Zambia, The Gambia, and Finland, obtaining an M.SSc. in Library and Information Science at the University of Tampere, Finland. She has worked as a researcher and librarian at the Multidisciplinary Research Centre; as a Deputy Director: Research, Information and Library Services at the Namibian Parliament; and as a Director of Namibia Library and Archives Service in the Ministry of Education. She is currently the University Librarian at the University of Namibia. Ellen is author of: The Price of Freedom, her autobiography (1997); Kahumba Kandola - Man and Myth: the Biography of a Barefoot Soldier (2005); Tears of Courage: Five Mothers Five Stories One Victory (2009). She is currently a PhD student at the University of Tampere, Finland. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Archives of Anti-Colonial Resistance and Liberation Struggle (AACRLS) for supporting the research work. Dr Zed Ngavirue and Commissioner Eliaser Haulyondjaba for reviewing the integrity of the initial manuscript under the AACRLS. Tatekulu Mzee Simon Kaukungwa for the insights into Mukwahepo’s life during the early years of the liberation struggle, especially in Kongwa. My employers the Ministry of Education and the University of Namibia for supporting my writing in kind. UNAM Press, the reviewers, editors and all those who assisted in ways large and small to complete this book. My husband Werner Hillebrecht for his unwavering support. My children, Monde, Mwalengwa and Ndadilepo. ...