</a> Sam Nujoma (right) with Bishop <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Winter" title="Colin Winter">Colin Winter</a> and Shapua Kaukungua, 1960s. Original source: Namibia State Archive.</td>
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<p>In 1960 he became the first President of the South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), having co-founded its forerunner, the <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovamboland_People%27s_Organization" title="Ovamboland People's Organization">Ovamboland People's Organization</a>, in the late 1950s. 