Last week, Hans-Christian Mahnke won the Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia (EIF) Sustainable Development Award (2024) in the arts category for writing the comic ‘Troubled Waters’. ‘Troubled Waters’ examines the various conflicting considerations that come up in a small Namibian…

‘Walvis Bay: Our Story’ by Taati Niilenge takes a heartwarming journey back in time through the recollections of the elders of the town “neatly tucked away where the ocean meets the sea”. Describing life under apartheid rule and its strict…