Kahimemua Nguvauva is one of nine national heroes of Namibia that were identified at the inauguration of the country's
Heroes' Acre near
Windhoek. Founding president
Sam Nujoma remarked in his inauguration speech on 26 August 2002 that: Chief Kahimemua Nguvauva's strong beliefs and convictions drew the anger of the German colonialists who decided to physically eliminate him. This led to intense battles with the German Colonial forces. In 1896, Chief Nguvauva was executed by the German colonial soldiers at Okahandja, because of his fierce resistance to colonialism and foreign occupation. [...] To his revolutionary spirit and his visionary memory we humbly offer our honor and respect.{{cite web Nguvauva is honoured in form of a granite tombstone with his name engraved and his portrait plastered onto the slab. Nguvauva's grave in Okahandja was declared a National Monument in 1980. ==References==