Jackson Kaujeua
Jackson Kaujeua (3 July 1953 – 27 May 2010) was a Namibian musician, composer gospel singer, and a veteran of the Namibian struggle for independence. He sang in various Namibian languages but also Afrikaans and English. He was born Jackson Muningandu Kaujeua, a member of the Herero ethnic group in ǃHuns, a village near Keetmanshoop.
Jackson Kaujeua
- Name
- Jackson Kaujeua
- Birth Name
- Jackson Muningandu Kaujeua
- Born
- 3 July 1953
- Birthplace
- South West Africa
- Died
- 27 May 2010
- Occupation
- Musician, composer, singer
- Nationality
- Namibia
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Jackson Kaujeua (3 July 1953 – 27 May 2010) was a Namibian musician, composer gospel singer, and a veteran of the Namibian struggle for independence. He sang in various Namibian languages but also Afrikaans and English. He was born Jackson Muningandu Kaujeua, a member of the Herero ethnic group in ǃHuns, a village near Keetmanshoop.
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Jackson Kaujeua (1953–2010) was a composer, musician and singer, among other activities and a national of Namibia. Born in Namibia, the composer died in Windhoek.
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Later, he gave up education as a priest at the mission school of Otjimbingwe after he came in touch with the songs of gospel singers like Mahalia Jackson, whose human rights-related lyrics inspired him. In 1973, he started studying music at the "Dorkay Art & Music College for Talented Non-Whites" in South Africa. However, he was soon expelled from the country for anti-apartheid activism and went into exile in 1974. After a short time in Botswana, the SWAPO-resistance movement (with which he was associated until his death) helped him to move to the UK, where he soon became the lead singer of the group Black Diamond. International success followed with songs such as "Winds of Change". Having lived as a teacher in an Angolan refugee camp from 1979 to the early 80s and later in Sweden, he returned to Namibia before independence in 1990, where he celebrated great successes with his music, especially with ǃGnubu ǃNubus (short and round). In the late 1990s, he was still one of the best-known Namibian musicians. In Namibia, kidney dialysis is only available in privately run medical facilities, which most citizens are unable to afford. He was formally unemployed for most of his life, living off his performances and royalties. Calls for some sort of employment or empowerment for his role as "musical ambassador for the liberation struggle" were not answered by the authorities. Kaujeua had four children. A street in central Windhoek is named in his honor, as well as a street in Ongwediva.
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Key facts
• Name — Jackson Kaujeua • Birth Name — Jackson Muningandu Kaujeua • Born — 3 July 1953 • Birthplace — South West Africa • Died — 27 May 2010 • Genre — Gospel • Instrument — Singing • Occupation — Musician, composer, singer
Albums
Albums
• Katutura (1998, Mukurob Productions)
Identity
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Jackson Kaujeua is recorded with the occupation songwriter. Recorded as composer, singer, songwriter and musician.
Life and career
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2010
Jackson Kaujeua died on 27 May 2010.
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Namibia.
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Windhoek.
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- “Jackson Kaujeua”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Sasman, Catherine. Namibian Music: Jackson Kaujeua's musical journey on stage. Street News Service. 2 October 2006.
- 2.Amupadhi, Tangeni. Gibeon offers a foretaste of campaigning 2004. The Namibian. 18 October 2004.
- 3.Namibia - Intercultural Issues: National Heroes. Centre for Intercultural Learning, Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada. 2005.
- 4.Ekongo, John. Hamba kahle, Jackson Kaujeua. New Era. 31 May 2010.
- 5.Titus, Zoe. Jackson Goes Globe Trotting. The Namibian. 2 October 1998.
- 6.Nam veteran musician Kaujeua dies. Southern Times. 28 May 2010.
- 7.Ongwediva names street after Jackson Kaujeua. New Era. July 2025.
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