Update on the NAMAs

The NAMAs vetting committee received record entries of 978 entries in total, the most entries since the inception of the NAMAs in 2011. In total 282 entries were disqualified. The most common reasons for disqualification were either duplicate entries, no physical material delivered, song is a single and not part of the entered album, release date is outside the qualifying period and too many genre categories entered. The top five categories that received the most entries are Best Producer - 202, Best Collaboration - 148 and Best Single - 125, Best Music Video - 101 and Best Afro pop - 82 while the top three categories that received the least entries were Best Afrikaans and Oviritje, at 14 each, and Best Damara Punch at 16 only.All the approved entries will now be sent to the judges who will immediately commence judging phases one and two. The NAMA committee also announced the 2018 judges of whom five are international and four are local. There is a new face in the judging panel that includes local radio presenter and MC Che Uulenga. Other Namibian judges include Lischen Khachas, Freddy Taylor and Axali Doeseb. International judges are Sammy Forson (Ghana), Somoina Kimojino (Kenya), Sammy Thuo (Kenya), Chali Bravo (Zambia), Olufunke Adebonojo (Benin and USA). The judging phase is expected to be completed by beginning of next month. The exact date of the nomination event is yet to be announced. Staff reporter

Update on the NAMAs

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Namibian Sun 2025-09-08

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Update on the NAMAs

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