Jackson Kaujeua

Jackson Kaujeua

Jackson Muningandu Kaujeua (born 1953) is a famous Namibian musician, composer and gospel singer. He sings in various Namibian languages and English.

He was born a member of the Herero ethnic group [" [http://www.streetnewsservice.org/index.php?page=archive_detail&articleID=854 Namibian Music: Jackson Kaujeua’s musical journey on stage] " - "Street News Service", Monday 02 October 2006] in !Huns, a village near Keetmanshoop. Later, he broke off an education as a priest at the mission school of Otjimbingwe after he came in touch with the songs of gospels singers like Mahalia Jackson, whose human rights-related lyrics inspired him.

In 1973 he started studying music at the 'Dorkay Art & Music college for talented Non-Whites' in South Africa. However, he was soon expulsed from the country for anti-apartheid activism. After a short time in Botswana, the SWAPO-resistance movement (with which he still associates himself today [" [http://www.namibian.com.na/2004/october/national/0470A39DCD.html Gibeon offers a foretaste of campaigning 2004] " - The Namibian, Monday 18 October 2004] [ [http://www.intercultures.ca/cil-cai/intercultural_issues_print-en.asp?lvl=8&ISO=na National Heroes] (from the Centre for Intercultural Learning, Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada)] ) helped him to move to Great Britain, where he soon became the lead singer of the group Black Diamond. International success followed with songs like "Winds of Change".

Having lived as a teacher in an Angolan refugee camp for a short time in 1979, he returned to Namibia only after independence in 1990, where he celebrated great successes with his music, especially with "!Gnubu !Nubus" (Damara: 'short and round').See German version of this article at Jackson Kaujeua (German). Some references not yet available in English.] He is still one of the best-known Namibian musicians today. [" [http://www.namibian.com.na/Netstories/Arts8-98/jacksoncol.html Jackson Goes Globe Trotting] " - "The Namibian", Friday 02 October 1998]

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