As a professional spectator and consummate event attendee, I look forward to numerous occasions on Windhoek’s cultural calendar. The Namibian Annual Music Awards, as I continue to commune with the ancestors regarding its resurrection. The one-time ‘night of the galleries’,…
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An afternoon of French history, culture and cuisine marked the 237th anniversary of the French Revolution this week. Hosted by the ambassador of France to Namibia, Cécile Vigneau, French National Day (Bastille Day) was celebrated with invited guests at the…
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Theatre lovers are invited to a season of world-class theatre productions as Ster-Kinekor screens a selection from London’s National Theatre Live. Featuring six live-tapings of critically acclaimed British theatre productions, the programme resumes with three showings of Suzie Miller’s ‘Inter…
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Frans Nambinga is a name one may recognise from group exhibitions, yet the talented Namibian artist says his last solo showing was 18 years ago. After presenting ‘Namibia My Home’ at the National Art Gallery of Namibia in 2008, Nambinga…
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In a dramatic retelling of her formative years, award-winning theatremaker Ndayola Ulenga is swinging on a partition gate in her childhood home, singing songs from ‘Annie’ at the top of her voice. Decades later, Ulenga has recently won the Namibian…
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Supernatural horror continues to solidify as the film genre of the moment as Curry Barker’s ‘Obsession’ hits it big at the box office. Written, directed and edited by the filmmaker (26) known for the YouTube sketch comedy ‘that’s a bad…
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The artworks have been submitted, and the judges have cast their votes as the highly anticipated Bank Windhoek Triennial readies for exhibition on 18 August. Returning after a considerable hiatus, the prestigious contemporary art competition invited visual artists from all…
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We’re at that point in the year where we can see the new one on the horizon. We’ve lived through Valentine’s Day, honoured Independence Day and chopped five different holidays in May. We’ve survived Gemini season, begrudgingly welcomed winter and…
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https://youtu.be/MTTkk3zmBaU South African tourism minister Patricia de Lille opened Africa’s Travel Indaba with the traditional ringing of a bell at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Convention Centre in Durban on Tuesday. The African leisure trade show brings together tourism sector stakeholders…
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South African minister of tourism Patricia de Lille opened Africa’s Travel Indaba with the traditional ringing of a bell at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Convention Centre in Durban on Tuesday. he African leisure trade show brings together tourism sector stakeholders…
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To land at Durban’s King Shaka International Airport on 8 May is to know exactly what’s afoot in the coastal city. The words “Africa’s Travel Indaba” greet you from the airport terminal walls and lead the way as bright stickers,…
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It’s ten o’clock on a Monday morning and I’m threatening a man with a haunting. As there’s no concrete proof of an afterlife, Enrique, my bungee-jump guide, laughs out loud as he continues to secure my harness. Experts say if…
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