Mburumba Kerina
| Mburumba Kerina | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Speaker of the Constituent Assembly of Namibia | |
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In office 1989–1989 |
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| President | Sam Nujoma |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 June 1932 Tsumeb |
| Nationality |
 Namibian
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| Political party |
 SWAPO
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| Spouse(s) | Evelhardine Kapuuo-Kerina Naomi Kikii Zauana (2017) |
| Alma mater |
Lincoln University, Pennsylvania New School for Social Research, New York Padjadjaran University, Bandung |
| Occupation | Politician, Farmer |
| Profession | Scientist |
William Eric Getzen, more commonly known as Mburumba Kerina (born 6 June 1932), is a Namibian politician, academic, and author. He is a co-founder of SWAPO, NUDO, and FCN, and the founder of a host of smaller political parties. For independent Namibia he was a member of Namibia's Constituent Assembly, as well as the National Assembly and the National Council. Kerina coined the name "Namib" for the independent state "Namibia" on the territory of South West Africa.
Kerina is of half Ovambo and half Ovaherero descent. He is a great-grandson of explorer and trader Frederick Thomas Green, from which he derived his surname (Kerina Otjiherero: green). Mburumba Kerina was born on 6 June 1932 in Tsumeb. He grew up in Walvis Bay and went to school in Windhoek's Old Location where he attended St Barnabas Anglican Church School. While schooling he came into contact with Reverend Michael Scott, who would later enable him to study in the United States, and to become one of the early petitioners to the United Nations.
He went to the United States in 1953 and studied at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1957. Kerina then became a graduate fellow at New School for Social Research, New York, and between 1960 and 1962 did a PhD at Padjadjaran University in Bandung, Indonesia. While in Indonesia, Kerina got an audience with then-president Sukarno, who, according to Kerina, agitated him to find a better name for the territory of South West Africa whose independence he was fighting for. Kerina subsequently wrote an opinion piece in an Indonesian publication about a yet-to-be created country Namib and its nationalist movement, Namibianism. The claim for Kerina to have coined the name "Namib" is widely recognised, while Sam Nujoma, Namibia's founding president, is more commonly credited with the name "Namibia".
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