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attack for three days. Simultaneously, the South
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the crime of rape and allowed women to own cattle, which was previously illegal. Overall, King
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which coincided with a massive local drought. During the Battle of
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kingdom of the Ovambos. Ya Ndemufayo did not favor Portuguese
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remarked in his inauguration speech on 26 August 2002 that:
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