Afropop pop musician King Elegant is back and ready to make an impact with his long-anticipated EP ‘Music and Fashion’, due to be released on Saturday. The ‘Mamarosa’ hitmaker, who halted his music career to focus on getting into a good mental space and to use his time to build a professional career, says releasing...
Reggae star Ras Sheehama is planning to host a concert, themed ‘Ras Sheehama, Three Decades of Music’ from 4 to 6 April in Windhoek. The event, a collaboration by friends of Sheehama, pays homage to his career, spanning over three decades. Sheehama has been pioneering the reggae genre in Namibia, incorporating Afro-fusion and traditional Namibian...
New York, New York, April 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In a collaboration powered by INVNT GROUP’s digital innovation and Web3 agency, INVNT.ATOM, artist Michah Dowbak, aka ‘Mad Dog Jones’ is set to drop his newest NFT collection, “Fallen Gravity”. The collection (available on Nifty Gateway) offers collectors unique opportunities to mint exclusive animated artworks, prints, and NFTs inspired by...
Apart from the cool weather offered by the Atlantic Ocean during the Namibian summer, Swakopmund also had top-class nightclubs such as New Edition at Tamariskia, Night Owls and Funky Inn at Mondesa, as well as groups like the M-Connection band. Initially started in 1988 by two childhood friends and former members of the Martin Luther...
Namibian parliamentarian Inna Hengari has declared her plans to table a motion advocating a shift in the current music landscape on Namibian radio stations, which is saturated with foreign music. Emphasising the need to prioritise local content, the lawmaker stressed the importance of promoting Namibian artists and preserving the country’s cultural identity. “Last week, we...
In continuation of promoting and showcasing African artistes, providing them with platforms to reach a global audience beyond their home countries, the President/Executive Producer, All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA (www.AFRIMA.org), Mike Dada, would be sharing his thought at the BridgeAfric’s Southern Africa launch in Malawi on March 23, 2024. BridgeAfric is a revolutionary initiative aimed...
Some artists continue to be small fish in Namibia’s music industry, despite giving it their all, while others make it big. This week unWrap.Online chats to a few talented artists about the highs and lows of trying to make it in a cut-throat industry. ‘Friends with Benefits’ hitmaker Bertholdt Mbinda says over the years, he...
Yango (https://Yango.com), transforming global technologies into everyday services tailored to local needs, today announced the launch of Yango Play (https://Play.Yango.com), the first AI-powered entertainment service that combines video streaming, music, and mini-games in one place. Yango Play offers a diverse range of entertainment options, featuring exclusive premieres of both Arabic and international movies and series, personalized music...
President Hage Gottfried Geingob was truly a jack of all trades. Besides his well-documented love for sport, football in particular, the older generation of Nomtsoub location at Tsumeb, where Geingob lived before he went into exile in 1962, also came to know Geingob as someone who had a special place in his heart for music....