Dr Hugh Ellis-Mwiya
@hughnamibia.bsky.social
Fake African, real Namibian. Academic, photojournalist, poet. Husband, brother, uncle, son. 🇳🇦🏳️🌈
Let us join hands in unity this #independence day!
(This is my engagement ring, by the way, my only 'irreplaceable' piece of jewelry, but I think the message is universal!)
#namibiaat35
(This is my engagement ring, by the way, my only 'irreplaceable' piece of jewelry, but I think the message is universal!)
#namibiaat35
March 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Let us join hands in unity this #independence day!
(This is my engagement ring, by the way, my only 'irreplaceable' piece of jewelry, but I think the message is universal!)
#namibiaat35
(This is my engagement ring, by the way, my only 'irreplaceable' piece of jewelry, but I think the message is universal!)
#namibiaat35
What no one tells you (enough) is how you'll always have to re-train and re-learn. Skills that were essential when you were 23 (e.g. in my case, writing for the print media, darkroom-based photography) become optional extras by the time you're 46!
March 16, 2025 at 10:10 AM
What no one tells you (enough) is how you'll always have to re-train and re-learn. Skills that were essential when you were 23 (e.g. in my case, writing for the print media, darkroom-based photography) become optional extras by the time you're 46!
I guess this phase of my life is called, 'not quitting, showing up, and doing the hard stuff, even when it seems I'm rubbish at everything'. Or something like that.
March 16, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I guess this phase of my life is called, 'not quitting, showing up, and doing the hard stuff, even when it seems I'm rubbish at everything'. Or something like that.
To my fellow music students (especially fellow saxophonists😊🎷): what do you do when you no longer feel motivated to learn and practice?? When you 'hit a wall', so to speak?
March 14, 2025 at 7:05 AM
To my fellow music students (especially fellow saxophonists😊🎷): what do you do when you no longer feel motivated to learn and practice?? When you 'hit a wall', so to speak?
Trump's latest buffoonery makes me think I should definitely visit #Lesotho. The mountain kingdom, the water well of Southern Africa! Who doesn't know that! Been meaning to go for a long time, actually, but somehow never got around to it.
March 6, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Trump's latest buffoonery makes me think I should definitely visit #Lesotho. The mountain kingdom, the water well of Southern Africa! Who doesn't know that! Been meaning to go for a long time, actually, but somehow never got around to it.
That time I had hepatitis, my doc told me, 'life depends on the liver'. Well, that's true in both senses of the word! #ThursdayThoughts
March 6, 2025 at 5:34 AM
That time I had hepatitis, my doc told me, 'life depends on the liver'. Well, that's true in both senses of the word! #ThursdayThoughts
Wondering if I still have the flair for teaching that I used to... Despite knowing the subject matter and the pedagogical/andagogical theory... Doesn't feel like it used to. Times have also changed, to be sure...
February 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Wondering if I still have the flair for teaching that I used to... Despite knowing the subject matter and the pedagogical/andagogical theory... Doesn't feel like it used to. Times have also changed, to be sure...
Reposted by Dr Hugh Ellis-Mwiya
A few years ago, I had a scheduled interview with Namibia’s founding president, Sam Nujoma. It ended before it even began; he was not a fan of my piercings.
That brief encounter showed me a lot about his character: he was strict, rigid and conservative. My reflection on this in The Namibian:
That brief encounter showed me a lot about his character: he was strict, rigid and conservative. My reflection on this in The Namibian:
The day I ‘almost’ interviewed Nujoma with my nose ring
“What are those things on your face?” the old man asks me as we sit down for an exclusive interview in his office on Schweringsburg Street. […]
www.namibian.com.na
February 24, 2025 at 6:45 AM
A few years ago, I had a scheduled interview with Namibia’s founding president, Sam Nujoma. It ended before it even began; he was not a fan of my piercings.
That brief encounter showed me a lot about his character: he was strict, rigid and conservative. My reflection on this in The Namibian:
That brief encounter showed me a lot about his character: he was strict, rigid and conservative. My reflection on this in The Namibian:
Happy Valentine!
February 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Happy Valentine!
Some people want to come 'hang out' for a whole afternoon, a whole day. Even sleep at your friend's place. I don't see the point. That's too much stimulation. For me, one hour, the right hour, with a good friend is all I need...
January 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Some people want to come 'hang out' for a whole afternoon, a whole day. Even sleep at your friend's place. I don't see the point. That's too much stimulation. For me, one hour, the right hour, with a good friend is all I need...
Slow but steady progress in the exercise program! Body weight increasing, body fat decreasing! 😊
November 30, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Slow but steady progress in the exercise program! Body weight increasing, body fat decreasing! 😊
Civic duty done! We managed to keep ourselves busy on the queue wihh some games of chance. Other than electing politicians, which of course is the biggest game of chance there is, lol! #NamibiaVotes2024
November 27, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Civic duty done! We managed to keep ourselves busy on the queue wihh some games of chance. Other than electing politicians, which of course is the biggest game of chance there is, lol! #NamibiaVotes2024
Voting on Wednesday. This week already feels different, other, somehow. #NamibiaVotes
November 25, 2024 at 7:01 AM
Voting on Wednesday. This week already feels different, other, somehow. #NamibiaVotes
Being 'woke' means being aware of injustices, so you avoid being complicit in them. Thus, the woke mind is not a 'virus' but a vaccine.
November 20, 2024 at 7:35 AM
Being 'woke' means being aware of injustices, so you avoid being complicit in them. Thus, the woke mind is not a 'virus' but a vaccine.
Happy International Men's Day! The point of IMD is for us men to do better, forsake violence and oppression, be better examples to the young folks, help each other more through our daily strife. So yeah, let's do it!
November 19, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Happy International Men's Day! The point of IMD is for us men to do better, forsake violence and oppression, be better examples to the young folks, help each other more through our daily strife. So yeah, let's do it!
Also, I need to learn to dance again! Re-learn. In time for the festive season and it's parties. This thing of sitting at the bar hearing drunks tell their life stories is the absolute ghetto!
November 19, 2024 at 9:13 AM
Also, I need to learn to dance again! Re-learn. In time for the festive season and it's parties. This thing of sitting at the bar hearing drunks tell their life stories is the absolute ghetto!
I need to remember there's usually a reason why 'craft beer' remains a home brew and doesn't go massively commercial, and that it's nothing to do with artisanal sentiment!
November 19, 2024 at 5:21 AM
I need to remember there's usually a reason why 'craft beer' remains a home brew and doesn't go massively commercial, and that it's nothing to do with artisanal sentiment!
A few things can be true at the same time:
1. There have been remarkable improvements in Namibia since independence, and
2. The pace of change has slowed, some gains have been reversed, in part because of corruption and incompetence in the government and ruling party, and (1/2)
1. There have been remarkable improvements in Namibia since independence, and
2. The pace of change has slowed, some gains have been reversed, in part because of corruption and incompetence in the government and ruling party, and (1/2)
November 17, 2024 at 1:53 PM
A few things can be true at the same time:
1. There have been remarkable improvements in Namibia since independence, and
2. The pace of change has slowed, some gains have been reversed, in part because of corruption and incompetence in the government and ruling party, and (1/2)
1. There have been remarkable improvements in Namibia since independence, and
2. The pace of change has slowed, some gains have been reversed, in part because of corruption and incompetence in the government and ruling party, and (1/2)
This rainy Namibian afternoon reminds me of my childhood in England. I might even make myself some baked beans on toast for supper...
November 16, 2024 at 2:34 PM
This rainy Namibian afternoon reminds me of my childhood in England. I might even make myself some baked beans on toast for supper...
Windhoek used to have family-owned pavement cafés. Sad so few survived. Owned by the Germans mostly, I know, but hear me out. All these Mug&Beans, Wimpys, Seattle Coffee Houses - bland by comparison, and the service leaves much to be desired!
November 16, 2024 at 8:22 AM
Windhoek used to have family-owned pavement cafés. Sad so few survived. Owned by the Germans mostly, I know, but hear me out. All these Mug&Beans, Wimpys, Seattle Coffee Houses - bland by comparison, and the service leaves much to be desired!
A wiley beast! (sorry!)
A tiny bit of good news.
I find it very funny that the more coyotes you kill, the more they reproduce and the more they spread. America spent most of the last 150 years killing off all its apex predators, and the one that not only survived but thrived was the trickster deity, Old Man Coyote.
I find it very funny that the more coyotes you kill, the more they reproduce and the more they spread. America spent most of the last 150 years killing off all its apex predators, and the one that not only survived but thrived was the trickster deity, Old Man Coyote.
Coyotes are thriving despite human and predator pressures, large-scale study finds
Research led by the University of New Hampshire sheds light on how coyotes, North America's most successful predators, are responding to various environmental pressures, including human development, h...
phys.org
November 16, 2024 at 6:34 AM
A wiley beast! (sorry!)
People Choice - Siwelewele (Namtunes)
YouTube video by namtunes
youtu.be
November 16, 2024 at 6:20 AM
'You may be old, but are you this old?'
I am THIS old!
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I am THIS old!
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November 15, 2024 at 5:50 PM
'You may be old, but are you this old?'
I am THIS old!
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I am THIS old!
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When it's time for research/ thesis defence and your student hits it out of the park 😊😊
November 15, 2024 at 12:56 PM
When it's time for research/ thesis defence and your student hits it out of the park 😊😊