Do we have celebrities in Namibia?
2021-04-01
Journalist Michael Kayunde said when Namibians receive international artists, they become overzealous but the same energy is not reciprocated to local artists, which begs the infamous question of why Namibians do not embrace their own or whether celebrities exist in the country.
This was discussed in a YouTube channel dubbed Off The Record hosted by radio personality Shona Ngava, music label Executive Vernon van Wyk and Kayunde.
“We have this perception that we don’t have celebrities, we feel like the artists here are not worthy of being called celebrities. Could it be because our artists do not take themselves seriously or is it that the fans don’t care, where does the disconnect lie,” enquired Ngava. Van Wyk said sometimes artists do not take themselves seriously and presentation matters and that the actions of some artists lead to people not taking them earnestly. “How do you come to a radio station to drop off you