Staff Reporter PRESIDENT Dr. Hage G. Geingob has declared a period of national mourning in honour of Axali Doëseb, the composer and author of the National Anthem, who passed away on October 27, 2023. The national mourning will commence on Friday, November 10, 2023, and will conclude on Saturday, November 11, 2023, following the State...
The Presidency has clarified the writer status of Axali Doëseb, who is also the composer of Namibia’s National Anthem. This follows the announcement by Minister in the Presidency, Christine ||Hoëbes at the annual Damara Festival at Okombahe on Saturday, that the late Doëseb provided only the melody to the anthem and that various members of...
The minister in the Presidency, Christine //Hoebes, says the government decided to award N$2 million to the composer of Namibia’s national, Axali Doeseb, who died on 27 October. Speaking during the Gaob festival at Okombahe in the Erongo region on Saturday, //Hoebes said Doeseb can only be recognised for the melody of the national anthem,...
President Hage Geingob has conferred a state funeral on national anthem composer Axali Doëseb (68). Doëseb died on Friday, 27 October, in Windhoek. In a statement released on Saturday, Geingob said Doëseb contributed in building the Namibian nation. “His exceptional work in composing the national anthem shines bright and shall, therefore, not be forgotten,” he...
The atmosphere was sombre at Axali Doëseb’s family residence in Gemengde, Katutura, on Saturday. Unlike the first time Doëseb welcomed The Namibian into his living room a few weeks ago for what would be his final interview, this time the house was filled with mourners who came to pay their last respects to the man...
President Hage Geingob led tributes to fallen Axali Doëseb, a Namibian artist, conductor, and composer, who was instrumental in the composition of our national anthem, ‘Namibia, Land of the Brave’. He passed away on Friday aged 69 at the Lady Pohamba Hospital following a long illness, a family member confirmed. Geingob described Doëseb as a...
Namibische Nationalhymne; Quelle: Jeromi Mikhael/Wikimedia, Public Domain Der bekannte namibische Komponist Axali Doëseb ist gestorben. Er wurde 1954 in Okahandja geboren und starb am vergangenen Freitag mit 69 Jahren, wie seine Familie mitteilte. Staatspräsident Hage Geingob hat seine Trauer zum Ausdruck gebracht. Doëseb wurde vor allem durch seine Komposition und den Text der namibischen...