Many oppressed groups throughout Africa have successfully engaged in struggles for liberation to oust colonial rule. To study the psychological experiences of liberation in a specific context, the U.S. researcher traveled to Namibia and, using a phenomenological approach, explored the meanings people ascribed to their independence from South Africa. Six individual interviews were conducted with Ovambo Namibians. Seven themes emerged from 280 invariant structures and their 280 corresponding meaning units: Continuous and Inescapable Oppression, the Tipping Point, Family Ecology and the Choice, Participation in the Struggle, Reconciliation, Dreams of Freedom Realized, and Left Wanting: Disenchantment and Lost Democracy. Findings revealed that liberation was an arduous and traumatic experience and that resilience was required to endure the liberation struggle. Although the experience of liberation among Namibians may share features such as posttraumatic stress and the role of resilience with other struggles, the particular context and history led to unique elements, including rifts that developed within families during the struggle and dissatisfaction with unfulfilled promises.