It was composed by Axali Doëseb, who was the director of a traditional music group from the Kalahari Desert.

[3] The anthem was first played in public in a ceremony on the first anniversary of Namibia's independence from South Africa in 1991.

[3] The similarity of the lyric's first-line phrase "Land of the Brave" to the end of "The Star-Spangled Banner", the national anthem of the United States, has been noted by commentators.

Der Freiheitskampf ist gewonnen, Ehre ihrem Mut, Deren Blut floss für unsere Freiheit.

Namibië, Land van die Dapperes, Vryheidstryd het ons gewen.

Ere aan hul dapperheid Wie se bloed ons vryheid waterlei.