Vlogging It

VLOGGING has become an incredible source of entertainment over the years thanks to platforms like YouTube opening a door to people who want to share their lives with the world. Not everyone lands a reality television show, but because YouTube is free, it is a great way to show everyone what you’re made of, and make friends from all over the world.

found Namibian content creators on YouTube and this is what they had to say about their journey in the vlogging sphere.

Planet Michaels is one of the Namibian YouTube channels doing quite well. With over 17 000 subscribers on their channel, the Michaels family pretty much have their audience hooked.

Grace Michaels, who spearheads the channel, describes her family as one that travels a lot. “We have seen that Namibia has so many beautiful places that people have never seen. We are proudly Namibian and we want to showcase the country and all its untapped beauty to the world.”

Vlogging on YouTube is a platform to showcase the country on an even larger scale and that’s what the Michaels enjoy the most. “It is our way of creating a window to the outside world,” Grace said. “Being a YouTuber also gives me freedom to showcase my passion which is travelling with my family and exploring the world.” Some of her favourite vloggers include Casey Neistat and Wil Dasovich.

An initiative the Michaels family are a part of is NamCon, a get-together for all Namibian social media influencers, YouTubers, Instagram users, Facebook personalities and anyone who loves social media.

“The great thing about it is that it was a dream of a teenager who wanted to make this a reality. He then organised everything at 14 and contacted us to support him on his journey.”

This, Michaels said, is an important way children can to get to know social media and all its perks. “It is a fun-day event and we fully support it as it takes the teenagers away from bad habits to pursue their passion on social media.”

Her popularity on Facebook is massive. Gaining thousands of views thanks to her comedic videos, Cassie Jessica has pretty much established herself as a person who loves to poke fun at Namibian society with her comrades joining in on the mayhem. And now, the social media starlet has decided to shift her popularity to YouTube. Posting content under ‘Cassije Jessica’, she lives and learns through her posts, which often involve her mimicking situations you might find yourself in… with a twist: ‘When You Decide To Study’ or ‘When You Get Lip Sores In An African House’.

Relatable, right?

Her content is suited for a younger audience or pretty much anyone who’s in the mood for laughs about all things local.


There’s nothing like an in-depth perspective from a Namibian medical student living at Oshakati trying to balance life, with a camera in her hand. This is the story of Kiki or Hyper Madchen, a female student doctor who documents her struggle of saving lives and entertaining her audience with her channel ‘Hyper Madchen’.

On why she decided to start a channel, she said she felt that it was a step in the right direction: “Before making the decision to start my channel, I had a pep talk with myself. Addressing issues like being comfortable with myself, internet bullying, the content I publish, the audience I want to attract and how much of my life I want to expose. I wanted to establish a certain level of comfort for myself to run my channel the way I wanted and on my terms”.

Despite knowing that she has an awesome personality and an interesting life, it was still difficult figuring how to put things on her channel. “So I thought of all the things I loved to watch on YouTube and make-up is definitely tops. I posted my trials and errors and I got amazing responses from my friends and strangers from all over the world with their supportive comments.”

And because of this response, ‘Hyper Madchen’ came to life. “Seeing as I had no idea what I was really getting myself into when I started this medical journey, I thought it would be a great platform for future medical students for a glimpse of what they are signing up for – no glitz, no glam, just raw videos of reality.”

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