What is the essence of your work?
The essence of me as a performer is my genuinity
and love. I am fearful, but I believe and I dream.
My firmness in what I believe and dream helps to
feed that love and truthfulness. Without that there
is no way any of this stuff is possible.
Who is your audience Nunu?
I perform for human beings. People who feel and
see. They will be touched or rubbed the wrong
way, but they would have experienced me.
How do you write, compose?
Well, I live in a world filled with stories and people
and I write about that. I also delve into my imagination. Dig as deep in there as I can, at times, to
find the most abstract ideas for my writing. Sometimes I am forced to write. When I find myself finding it difficult to write and I need to get the words
out for something specific, I re-experience some
of the things I've been through or heard and let
that drive me.
“I also find it a relief to just write without any
thought. Just releasing the words…”
What words describe your soul in
music?
Love - Pain - Wanting - Peaceful - Hungry - Needing - Stubborn - Sensual
Where do you want to go in your
craft?
I ultimately want to share my work with people
from around the world. Artists and art enthusiasts
alike, but I want to be able to contribute to the
way poetry is viewed in Namibia, see how I can
use it as a tool for social change and then take it
from there. This journey has already begun as I do
a lot of projects with the youth, women’s organizations and movements that advocate for
equality in general.
What do you want to address in your
lyrics?
I really want to speak about social injustices and
love. Speak about being human, woman, individual and together as people.
What do you wish most for your life
and the lives of the ones you love?
I wish that they learn and that they experience
love and pain. I wish that I were strong enough
(and sometimes fragile enough) to know where
to stop and where to keep pushing. At the end of
the day I want them and myself to know that this
tiny big world we live in gives up on no one and
delivers to you just what's yours.