Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - Ko Emil Appolus (10 Maehe 1935, i Vaalgras, <unk> Karas Region - 28 Mei 2005, i Keetmanshoop) he kaitōrangapū me te tangata pakihi o Namibia. I noho ia ki Cape Town, i uru a Appolus ki nga korerorero tuatahi mo te mana motuhake o Namibia. I te tau 1957, ka noho a Appolus hei mema taketake o te Ovamboland People's Congress, te kaiwhakawhiwhi ki te roopu whakahaere o naianei, SWAPO. I te whakakotahitanga o te OPC ki te hanga SWANU, ko Sam Nujoma me Fanuel Kozonguizi e rua o nga mema e rima o te komiti whakahaere. Ko ia te kaituhi o te niupepa Black tuatahi i Namibia, The South West News (Afrikaans Die Suidwes Nuus). I muri mai ka whakakorehia te South West News mo nga korero o te motu. Whai muri i te whakauru ki te 1960-65 Congo Crisis
, I mutu a Appolus i Northern Rhodesia (i Zambia inaianei), i reira i whakahokia atu ai ia ki Pretoria, Awherika ki te Tonga mo te wehe kore ture i te whenua. I muri i tana tukunga, ka rere a Appolus ki Bechuanaland (i Botswana inaianei) i a ia e haere ana ki Tanganyika (i Tanzania inaianei). Ko Appolus te māngai tuatahi o SWAPO i Kairo, he tūranga nui hei tautoko i te whakaoranga o te motu. I te tau 1969, i tonoa a Appolus hei māngai mo SWAPO ki te United Nations.