Music and science team up for a good cause
MICHAEL KAYUNDE
WINDHOEK
Award-winning artist Antany Knows is using his musical talent and influence to increase vaccine awareness and uptake among the youth.
To pull this campaign off, he is working closely with TruSci Namibia, a science communication company started by sisters Taime Sylvester and Chera Harris to enhance the accessibility of comprehensive scientific information in Namibia.
On how this science and music partnership came about, Antany Knows shared that he was contacted by Sylvester, the head of TruSci Namibia. “She said she likes my way of doing music, and asked if I would be interested in doing a Covid-19 awareness campaign with the organisation and I immediately said yes as I feel this is for a good cause.”
The partnership gave birth to ‘Covid Reverse’.
Powerful opportunity
Sylvester explained that the song aims to bring awareness on the gravity of the virus.
“Antany Knows is an expert in music culture, while TruSci is an expert in science; bringing the two together creates a powerful opportunity to educate and empower the youth and broader public on Covid-19.”
Moreover, TruSci Namibia and Antany Knows are running a competition calling on the youth to come up with a dance for the music video of ‘Covid Reverse’.
“The best dance will win a cash prize of N$3 000 and will be featured in the video,” the musician said, adding that the purpose of the competition is to further encourage dissemination of the song.
Antany Knows admitted that Covid-19 isn’t an easy topic to make music about as it affected all of us. However, he is grateful for the response the campaign song has been getting.
“So far, we got over a thousand views on YouTube for just the audio, and we’re pushing to reach more.
“The dance competition will end at end of this month, and we will shoot the video as soon as it is done as we want to add all the footage to the music video,” he said.
WINDHOEK
Award-winning artist Antany Knows is using his musical talent and influence to increase vaccine awareness and uptake among the youth.
To pull this campaign off, he is working closely with TruSci Namibia, a science communication company started by sisters Taime Sylvester and Chera Harris to enhance the accessibility of comprehensive scientific information in Namibia.
On how this science and music partnership came about, Antany Knows shared that he was contacted by Sylvester, the head of TruSci Namibia. “She said she likes my way of doing music, and asked if I would be interested in doing a Covid-19 awareness campaign with the organisation and I immediately said yes as I feel this is for a good cause.”
The partnership gave birth to ‘Covid Reverse’.
Powerful opportunity
Sylvester explained that the song aims to bring awareness on the gravity of the virus.
“Antany Knows is an expert in music culture, while TruSci is an expert in science; bringing the two together creates a powerful opportunity to educate and empower the youth and broader public on Covid-19.”
Moreover, TruSci Namibia and Antany Knows are running a competition calling on the youth to come up with a dance for the music video of ‘Covid Reverse’.
“The best dance will win a cash prize of N$3 000 and will be featured in the video,” the musician said, adding that the purpose of the competition is to further encourage dissemination of the song.
Antany Knows admitted that Covid-19 isn’t an easy topic to make music about as it affected all of us. However, he is grateful for the response the campaign song has been getting.
“So far, we got over a thousand views on YouTube for just the audio, and we’re pushing to reach more.
“The dance competition will end at end of this month, and we will shoot the video as soon as it is done as we want to add all the footage to the music video,” he said.
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