The Whites will eat the veldkos which the Blacks are eating today is a theatre making development workshop that will take place on 28th February 2026. The workshop is a collaboration between Dr. Nashilongweshipwe Mushaandja, Dr. Dag Henrichsen (Switzerland), Dr. Josue Castro (Brazil/Belgium) and invited Namibia-based artists. This February meeting will be the first of …
We Walk The Bridge of Worlds Artists-in-Residence: Owela is pleased to receive Sara Gouveia, Inka Kendzia and Zinhle Purity Mkhize who will be visiting artists in Namibia between 21st March – 4th April 2026. The three South Africa-based artists will work on an immersive virtual reality project exploring the intersection of movement, technology, sound ecology …
KINA goes to My Body My Space Festival (MBMS) in Emakhazeni, South Africa. After successfully premiering the full-length body of work, KINA will begin its Southern African tour with a solo performance by Justina Andreas at the MBMS in March 2026. The My Body My Space: Public Arts Festival (MBMS) is a large-scale international festival …
This August, Owela presents two theatre performances in commemoration of women’s month. The performances will put Namibian and South African theatre making into conversation with each other while appreciating and paying tribute to women's storytelling cultures in southern Africa. The first piece is a work-in-progress and contact improvisation titled KINA performed by Bupe Chiwala and …
After a successful run at the Project Room in 2023, the discursive exhibition A fish that sees its water is getting shallow will not get stranded will be on show at the Franco Namibian Cultural Centre (FNCC) from 8th – 22nd August.
Our work draws on the aesthetic, intellectual and pedagogical dimensions of OWELA which are positioned in histories of migrant labour and associated sub-cultures. It is based on this ethos of work and labour that we commit ourselves to curating cutting-edge and experimental programmes that forge internationalist solidarities.
On Dictatorship and Other Extreme Tropes of Authority (2nd Crusade: Close Proximity in the very Site of Specificity) Quoting Articles, Gazing back, Calling Forth. Benard Akoi-Jackson, 2019, Owela Festival at the National Theatre of Namibia.
Journey to sacred places around the world and explore their spiritual significance and cultural heritage.
Owela Festival was a trans-national festival during May and June 2019 between the Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen and TAK Berlin (Germany) as well as the National Theatre of Namibia including various sites in and around Windhoek.
The OWELA LAB is a mobile residency programme aimed at the conceptual development of works of art as well as the professional development of practicing artists.
