car
house
cattle
wife
May 13, 2013
May 9, 2013
May 8, 2013
May 6, 2013
An African Woman : Poem by a young Namibian
By Victoria Hasheela
published in
Women and Custom in Namibia,
Cultural Practice versus Gender Equality?,
ed. Oliver C Ruppel, Macmillan Education Namibia,
Windhoek, 2008,
p. 8.
I'm an African woman
A victim of culture
I have no rights
I do whatever he says
I am his first wife
I thought I'd be the only one
But after one year
There were two of us
I was taken by surprise
I didn't see it coming
I was only told
The day that she arrived
He said it's his right
He said I've no say
He said it's his house
He said it's Africa
This is the fifth year
There are now five of us
I wonder if he'll get more
I still have no say
He is a proud king
I gave him two sons
But I am feeling ill
There's a disease in me
I wonder if culture will ever change
I wonder if this will go on and on
I wonder how many more generations
Will experience this trauma
They say it is culture
It is not his fault
He found it here
But I really wonder
If it's not time
To stop this trauma
And let go of the culture
By Victoria Hasheela
published in
Women and Custom in Namibia,
Cultural Practice versus Gender Equality?,
ed. Oliver C Ruppel, Macmillan Education Namibia,
Windhoek, 2008,
p. 8.
I'm an African woman
A victim of culture
I have no rights
I do whatever he says
I am his first wife
I thought I'd be the only one
But after one year
There were two of us
I was taken by surprise
I didn't see it coming
I was only told
The day that she arrived
He said it's his right
He said I've no say
He said it's his house
He said it's Africa
This is the fifth year
There are now five of us
I wonder if he'll get more
I still have no say
He is a proud king
I gave him two sons
But I am feeling ill
There's a disease in me
I wonder if culture will ever change
I wonder if this will go on and on
I wonder how many more generations
Will experience this trauma
They say it is culture
It is not his fault
He found it here
But I really wonder
If it's not time
To stop this trauma
And let go of the culture
May 4, 2013
May 3, 2013
May 2, 2013
"I do not understand this poster!"
Dialogue on the streets.
1. Between the viewer and the poster, 2. between the hanger of the poster (messenger) and the viewer.
The response is very different based on who is hanging the poster and who is around on the streets. There has been long discussions and only exchange of few looks.
a) There was a 11th grader school boy whom Love Matters met at a bus stop who did not believe that "Source report that most rapes in Namibia are committed by family members or the acquaintances of the victim." Love Matters explained that she is only retyping the statistics that she finds.
b) There was a family man in Zoo Park in Windhoek who asked was Love Matters a victim of domestic violence or is she affiliated to an NGO who has sent her to post the posters.
c) One young lady was very impressed with the $$$$ poster.
d) Some claim to not understand at all.
e) Some say this is a very good cause.
f) Some are aggressive defensive and hostile with their body language, especially ladies.
g) A young lady commented about the Blah blah blah poster as follows: "It is a man's responsibility to take care of the woman and the baby. Baby dumping is the mans fault."
Love Matters asks: Who will take care of you if not you and who is responsible for your life if not you?
Love Matters in Art is an initiative from a social designer who is picking up on repetitive patterns and topics from the media in the Namibian society and transform them into art.
Love Matters is a great appreciator of typography, letters and text. She is working on trying to depict a social phenomena with two typefaces: Melior and Info.
Dialogue on the streets.
1. Between the viewer and the poster, 2. between the hanger of the poster (messenger) and the viewer.
The response is very different based on who is hanging the poster and who is around on the streets. There has been long discussions and only exchange of few looks.
a) There was a 11th grader school boy whom Love Matters met at a bus stop who did not believe that "Source report that most rapes in Namibia are committed by family members or the acquaintances of the victim." Love Matters explained that she is only retyping the statistics that she finds.
b) There was a family man in Zoo Park in Windhoek who asked was Love Matters a victim of domestic violence or is she affiliated to an NGO who has sent her to post the posters.
c) One young lady was very impressed with the $$$$ poster.
d) Some claim to not understand at all.
e) Some say this is a very good cause.
f) Some are aggressive defensive and hostile with their body language, especially ladies.
g) A young lady commented about the Blah blah blah poster as follows: "It is a man's responsibility to take care of the woman and the baby. Baby dumping is the mans fault."
Love Matters asks: Who will take care of you if not you and who is responsible for your life if not you?
Love Matters in Art is an initiative from a social designer who is picking up on repetitive patterns and topics from the media in the Namibian society and transform them into art.
Love Matters is a great appreciator of typography, letters and text. She is working on trying to depict a social phenomena with two typefaces: Melior and Info.
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