Chief Hosea Kutako was an early Namibia

Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...

n nationalist leader and member of the South West African People's Organization. Kutako, alongside Rev. Michael Scott

Michael Scott (Reverend)

Reverend Michael Scott was a British anti-Apartheid activist and leading international promoter of Namibian independence along with Chief Hosea Kutako and Captain Hendrik Samuel Witbooi...

 led petitions to the United Nations

United Nations

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 which eventually led to the recognition of Namibia's status as a sovereign country under colonial control by South Africa

South Africa

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. He was also the Leader of Hereroland

Leaders of Hereroland

The Herero people of Namibia are ruled by traditional leaders, the highest office is that of the Paramount Chief. During part of the South African Apartheid administration in South-West Africa, when Hereroland was a bantustan , they additionally had a political representative to the South African...

 from 1968-1970.

In 1920, Hosea Kutako was officially appointed as leader of the Herero by Frederik Maharero.