When Frans Sinangela (41) was young, his father called him Steve Kekana, after the legendary blind South African musician whose music inspired many across the continent. At the time, it was an affectionate nickname motivated by a little boy’s love…

Nothing about persons with disabilities should be decided without their voices. That message has shaped Namibian Organisation of Youth with Disabilities (NOYD) chairperson Orben Muluti’s work for years, from challenging discrimination as a schoolboy to representing persons with disabilities in…

Seven years ago, Namibian singer, songwriter and disability advocate Alvarita Lucungo (formerly known as Alvara) named her first album ‘Fin’ to signal the end of her silence. Fin is French for ‘the end’. Now she wants to call her next…

Joshua Hamukwaya was 10 years old when he began losing his sight. But this diagnosis did not stop him from pursuing his dreams. His journey took him from a village school in northern Namibia to earning a master’s degree and…