Namibia in Africa retains influences from its former colonizer Germany. For example, many locals adopted Germanic names.
A councilor in Ompundja, a constituency with a population of 5,000, was named after a notorious German historical figure but it seemed to have helped him get elected for five consecutive terms since 2004.
Adolf Hitler Uunona, who was recently reelected, dispelled any character resemblance to the Nazi leader and mastermind of the Holocaust that exterminated over six million Jews in Europe during World War 2.
He defended his father who gave him the name, saying he did not understand it. The 59-year-old politician also assured that he is not going to subjugate his constituency like the German Adolf Hitler did.
Like Uunona, an athlete who won a strength competition in the United States last month was different from what officials and the audience thought her to be.
The World’s Strongest Woman (WSW) 2025 organized by Official Strongman in Arlington, Texas, USA from 21 to 23 November saw American Jammie Booker crowned as champion.
Second placer and 2018 champion Andrea Thompson of the United Kingdom, however, replaced Booker just hours after the latter was declared champion, BBC reports. Officials said Booker violated the competition’s rule that “competitors could only compete in the category for their biological sex recorded at birth.”
According to the organizer, Booker was biologically male and a transgender who was ineligible to compete, BBC reports.
More than 400 athletes from nearly 40 countries took part in this year’s WSW that included various weightlifting contests, including the log press, timber frame carry, and deadlift ladder.