threats of deportation to the north of the country. OPO then decided that he should join the other Namibians in exile who were lobbying the United Nations on behalf of the anti-colonial cause for Namibia. In 1960, Nujoma petitioned the UN through letters and eventually went into exile in February of that year. He left Namibia on February 29, crossing into <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechuanaland" title="Bechuanaland" class="mw-redirect">Bechuanaland</a> and from there travelling to <a href="//en.wikipe