Rosemary Jane Tuauana Katjavivi (1952 – 9 August 2022) was an English-born Namibian author, publisher and editor.
[1][2][3][4] Katjavivi worked with the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) in London, and was centrally involved in Namibian publishing organizations and institutions.
[4] While she was at this position she managed to raise funds for Southern African students who were deprived their rights to education because of their race or political affiliation.
[7] Her editing works include peer reviewed books in areas such as language and culture, public policy and law, history and memory politics and autobiography.
[5] Katjavivi was a founding chairperson of other organizations including the Association of Namibian Publishers and the Namibia Book Development Council.
[7] Undisciplined Heart has been described as a thanatographical memoir, for the frequency with which it addresses themes of illness, pain, and death.
In 1992, she was a Founding Board Member of the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF), based in Otjiwarongo, Namibia.