‘BE A LADY’ AND ‘BE A MAN’ – OYO’S LATEST PRODUCTIONS – WILL HAVE THEIR WORLD PREMIERE AT THE GARDEN ROUTE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN SOUTH AFRICA IN JULY 2022 Gender-based...
‘KAPANA’ RECIPIENT OF THREE INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
‘Kapana’, one of the Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO)’s films won three international awards in March 2022. ‘Kapana’ is the recipient of the prestigious 2022 Free to be me HIVOS Award at...
OYO dance troupe resumes its tours
After two years with barely any performances, the OYO dance troupe could resume touring schools. It had a tour in the ||Kharas region where it presented its repertoire on alcohol and...
‘KAPANA’ WINS
‘KAPANA’ WON BEST FEATURE FILM AT THE AFRICAN DIASPORA CINEMA FESTIVAL IN ITALY AND BEST DIRECTOR AT THE NORTH EAST INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN THE UK ‘Kapana’, one of the Ombetja...
‘VOYAGE VOYAGE – An exploration of our relation to movement with French Dancer Krees’
The OYO dance troupe's last public performance was in March 2020, just before the COVID19 pandemic outbreak. For the OYO dancers, like for many other people, the COVID19 has meant a...
||Kharas Youth Arts Performing Festival
After two years and four postponed dates, the first-ever ||Kharas Youth Arts Performing Festival could take place in Keetmanshoop. Over the years, with support from Stichting Horizon, OYO has worked with...
‘Ania’ – a tale about teenage pregnancy and illegal abortion
In Namibia, abortion is illegal except under very specific circumstances such as rape. When a girl falls pregnant, it is all too common for men to run away and deny the...
Training Noordoewer Youth Group
OYO has resumed its training of youth groups and started with the Noordoewer Youth group in the south of Namibia (||Karas region). The youth group received a three weeks training from...
‘KAPANA’ IS HEADING TO LOS ANGELES – OFFICIAL SELECTION PAN AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL 2021
‘Kapana’, one of the Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO)’s films, has just been selected to be part of the prestigious Pan African Film Festival 2021 in Los Angeles. From 100 million dollar...
‘KAPANA’ MOVIE HITS THE LOCAL CINEMAS WILL GETTING INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
The Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO) is a Namibian Trust aiming at creating social awareness using the Arts. OYO’S latest offering ‘Kapana’ successfully premiered at Ster Kinekor, Groove Mall, on Thursday 6...
‘THE MOIRAI’ – NAMIBIAN DANCERS AND ACTORS STANDING AGAINST GBV
The Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO), a Namibian Trust aiming at creating social awareness using the Arts. Gender-Based Violence has made the headlines lately, with the #shutitalldown movement. People from all walks...
‘KUKURI SELECTED AT THE GARDEN ROUTE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
While preparing the premiere of its latest film, ‘Kapana’, the Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO) - a Namibian Trust aiming at creating social awareness using the Arts – just received the news...
