Markus Kooper

Reverend Markus Kooper (12 Satumba 1918 - 9 Disamba 2005) ɗan gwagwarmayar Namibiya ne, malami kuma ɗan addini. Daga Hoachanas a yankin Hardap, Kooper yana ɗaya daga cikin 'yan Namibiya na farko da suka je Majalisar Ɗinkin Duniya domin neman 'yancin ƙasarsa daga mulkin wariyar launin fata a Afirka ta Kudu. An binne shi a makabartar tunawa da Heroes Acre a wajen Windhoek. 

Kooper yayi karatu tare da ƙungiyar mishan ta Rhenish kuma ya sami horon malamai a Okahandja daga shekarun 1939 zuwa 1942. Daga nan ya koyar a makarantun mishan a Stampriet, Gochas da Hoachanas har zuwa shekara ta 1946 kuma ya zama shugaban makaranta a Hoachanas a shekarar 1949. Ya kuma halarci horon hidima tare da Cocin Methodist Episcopal Church kuma an naɗa shi a matsayin diacon. Kooper ya zama shugaban ruhaniya na al'ummarsa kuma an naɗa shi a Cocin Pastoral na Hoachanas a shekarar 1955. 

A cikin shekarar 1956, Kooper ya yi magana a gaban Majalisar Ɗinkin Duniya game da batun Kudu maso Yammacin Afirka tare da Reverend Michael Scott, Mburumba Kerina, Hans Beukes, Fanuel Kozonguizi, Sam Nujoma, Ismael Fortune, Jacob Kuhangua da Hosea Kutako. 

Al'ummar Boere na Hoachanas sun nuna rashin jin daɗinsu da kasancewar mazauna Nama 400 da ba su da yawa kuma suka yi ta koƙarin korar su. A cikin shekarar 1959 sun sami odar korar da babbar kotu a Windhoek ta tabbatar. A ranar 29 ga watan Janairun 1959, Kooper da iyalinsa aka sake tsugunar da su da karfi zuwa Itsawisis, ƙauye  arewa da Keetmanshoop,  kusan  nesa da mazauninsa. A watan Nuwamba na wannan shekarar ne al’ummarsa suka dawo da shi. 

Markus Kooper ya tafi gudun hijira a shekara ta 1960 don sake shigar da ƙara a Majalisar Ɗinkin Duniya, a wannan karon a matsayin wakilin kungiyar 'yancin kai na Afirka ta Kudu maso Yamma (SWAUNIO). Ya dawo ne kawai a cikin shekarar 1976 kuma ya kafa makaranta mai zaman kanta a Hoachanas amma ya ci gaba da yin siyasa. Al'ummarsa sun yi tir da duk wani yunƙurin sake tsugunar da su a tsawon zamanin mulkin wariyar launin fata. 

Daga baya Kooper ya shiga SWAPO kuma ya zama memba na Majalisar Dattawanta. A cikin watan Maris 2000 an ba shi lambar yabo mafi girma na Namibiya. 

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 2005
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1918