Michael Scott (Reverend)
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Reverend Michael Scott was a British
anti-Apartheid activist and leading international promoter of Namibia
n independence along with Chief Hosea Kutako
and Captain Hendrik Samuel Witbooi
. For his efforts regarding the Namibian War of Independence
, he has a prominent street named after him in Windhoek
.
With Bertrand Russell
, he was co-founder of the Committee of 100 in 1960.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
anti-Apartheid activist and leading international promoter of 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 independence along with Chief Hosea Kutako
Hosea Kutako
Chief Hosea Kutako was an early Namibian nationalist leader and member of the South West African People's Organization. Kutako, alongside Rev. Michael Scott led petitions to the United Nations which eventually led to the recognition of Namibia's status as a sovereign country under colonial control...
and Captain Hendrik Samuel Witbooi
Hendrik Samuel Witbooi
Captain Hendrik Samuel Witbooi, Nama name: ǃGae-nûb ǃnagamâb ǃNansemab, was the sixth Kaptein of the ǀKhowesin, a subtribe of the Orlam, in the area of South-West Africa , today's Namibia. He was born in Gibeon; Hendrik Witbooi was his grandfather...
. For his efforts regarding the Namibian War of Independence
Namibian War of Independence
See also South African Border War.The Namibian War of Independence, also known as the South African Border War, which lasted from 1966 to 1988, was a guerrilla war, which the nationalist South-West Africa People's Organization and others, fought against the apartheid government in South...
, he has a prominent street named after him in Windhoek
Windhoek
Windhoek is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level. The 2001 census determined Windhoek's population was 233,529...
.
With Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social critic. At various points in his life he considered himself a liberal, a socialist, and a pacifist, but he also admitted that he had never been any of these things...
, he was co-founder of the Committee of 100 in 1960.