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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Dear minister Sanet Steenkamp, let me start by commending your outstanding leadership.<\/b><\/p>\n

Although words are not sufficient to narrate your achievements, they are visible.<\/p>\n

Before you assumed the role of minister, I saw how you actively brought change to the education sector.<\/p>\n

I would like to tell you, dear minister, that there are many upcoming writers in our country. Writers who focus on fiction and non-fiction are working to address, restore and maintain the culture and history of our country.<\/p>\n

I am humbly requesting your ministry to recognise those writers and acknowledge the relevance of their work.<\/p>\n

Up until today, Namibians carry prowess as a result of writers who laid a foundation, like the late tatekulu Daniel Namuhuja and the late tatekulu Petrus Amakali.<\/p>\n

We still browse through shelves, looking for their work to learn from them.<\/p>\n

And we still have some of them, whom we can rely on when we need assistance, like tatekulu Lesheni Nghifikwa, tatekulu Paavo Hasheela and tatekulu Angula Ndjembo.<\/p>\n

We should have a look at how our sister countries reward their authors.<\/p>\n

Our country could learn from other nations about how they manage to have an inclusive policy for their authors.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Namibia<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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