Oukwanyama

Oukwanyama was one of the Ovambo kingdoms of the southern African interior. Its people spoke Kwanyama, and their kingdom extended across the country north of Ondonga. Traditions of the Ovambo peoples tell of migrations and of communities separating and settling in different lands, though the accounts do not all agree on their origins. Lists of Oukwanyama rulers place Shimbilinga sha Nailimbi at Ondjiva in the late eighteenth century, followed by several other kings before Haimbili ya Haufiku came to power in 1811.