Nujoma was seen as the last of a generation of African figures who headed anti-colonial movements and fought for freedom. "Therefore his departure signals an end of an era, a founding father of Africa," President Mbumba said in an earlier speech at a national memorial service on Friday.

Mourners chat at the end of a memorial service of Sam Nujoma, who became Namibia's first democratically elected president, at the Independence stadium, before his burial tomorrow at Namibia's National Heroes Acre,