s independence by 1963 at the latest. He then returned to Tanganyika in 1961, from where he and a small group of activists would develop SWAPO into an international force. He received support from other African nationalists and received strong backing from Julius Nyerere. Nujoma established SWAPO's Provisional headquarter in Dar es Salaam and arranged scholarships and military training for Namibians who had started to join him there. Among the first arrivals were <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mzee_Kaukun