Mama Penee

Jahohora Petronella Inaavinuise, who came to be known as Mama
Penee, was a young girl of eleven when her parents were shot in cold
blood before her during the 1904–1908 genocidal war in Namibia. Waved
away from the scene by a German soldier, she realised that it was her
destiny to live. Finding water and food for herself and learning to
avoid danger, she spent several months in hiding. Courageous and
self-sufficient, she learned lessons in wisdom, calm, and what is truly
important in life, lessons which she later imparted to her grandchildren
in ways both ingenious and challenging. Her extraordinary personal
qualities and influence shine from this story, told by one of her
grandsons with the insight and understanding gained over a lifetime of
reflecting on his grandmother.