Apartheid in South Africa expanded as far as South West Africa, where the nationalists opposed the South African government and pushed the agenda of self- rule.

Herman Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo was one of the South West Africans, who sacrificed his youth to be incarcerated on Robben Island, with people like Nelson Mandela, Govan Mbeki, Walter Sisulu, Mac Maharaj and many others, to fight against the apartheid government. These are Africans who remained defiant to oppose the inhumanity of apartheid.

Andimba stood out to oppose the legality of the South African government in suppressing the freedoms of the people of South West African, and using similar ways of punishing such oppositions. Like Mandela and others on Robben Island, Toivo Ya Toivo was enticed to renounce his position of the liberation of his people.

How does Africa remember freedom struggle icons, such as, Herman Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo?

Who are you celebrating as a freedom struggle hero in your country?