The MYD Show – Woke with Papa Shikongeni

29Jun

In this episode of the MYD Show, a Namibian artist who uses music and visual art, to create awareness around social issues and drive a message of inclusivity for all humanity, joined us in studio. That artist is Papa Ndasuunje Shikongeni, popularly known as Papa Shikongeni. “I had to leave to exile, with my young age. I became a solider… …

Questioning What Comfort Is?

21Jun

It started as a politically inspired project and became a thought provoking statement that questions individual inner perspectives. Ndasuunje Papa Shikongeni  is about to open his first photographic exhibition at the National Art Gallery of Namibia, titled ‘Inspiration through the lens – Home is where the heart belongs’. The images, stirring and beautiful, are contradictory; warm yet chilling. The story …