African leaders past and present gathered in Namibia on Saturday to bury the country's "founding father" Sam Nujoma, who challenged colonialism and a military occupation by South Africa's racist white minority government.

Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s founding president who steered the country to freedom from apartheid South Africa, was laid to rest in the country’s Heroes Acre cemetery on Saturday following a state funeral attended by African leaders and foreign dignitaries.

African leaders and residents of Namibia gathered on Saturday (March 1) to bury the country's "founding father" Sam Nujoma. At the funeral, current President Nangolo Mbumba spoke of Nujoma's leadership in challenging colonialism and a military occupation by South Africa's racist white minority government.