Art exchange

Taxi is an international TV programme that started this year and whose main purpose is to bring to the public artists who are excelling in their fields and genres but who do not get the publicity they deserve or foreign artists who must be celebrated. The founder, VJ Majimaji realised the lack of unity in Africa especially in the entertainment industry and came up with a brilliant idea known as Taxi today. “I understand what it means to be an artist and the struggles that come with it. You get artists who are born with the talent to sing and those that put in effort to become great musicians. These are the ones who need a little push and this is why I came up with the programme,” said VJ Majimaji. Majimaji encourages international tourism whereby international artists talk about their countries and tourist attractions for visitors.

NAMAs 2016 Male Artist of the Year, Big Ben has been nominated and chosen to represent Namibia not only with his music but, by sharing the beauty of our landscape. Majimaji says coming up with the winning artist is a taxing process that demands researching the artist's country and the music in order to start a conversation. The show will be aired on DSTV channel 295 starting tomorrow (Saturday)at 17:45 East African time.

Majimaji says he's eager to work with other Namibian artists and to feature them on the show such as Sally and an artist in his words “is a phenomenal artist” and Miss Namibia to share the Namibian story through their lenses. Majimaji has a project that has already kicked-off that is popping in East Africa.

June Shimuoshili