Najama

Near the Kunene, west of Ondonga, lies the country of Ombalantu. Great baobabs are landmarks here, remembered individually for the events and uses associated with them. Some were hollowed to shelter people when the community was attacked, their trunks serving as natural fortresses. In the early nineteenth century the killing of King Kampaku brought the Ombalantu monarchy to an end, and authority passed to lineage heads and a spiritual leader.