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"I am an example of a woman who was destined to be just a beauty, queen, but through Sam Nujoma’s guidance I was able to contribute to the upliftment of underserved communities and education for children throughout Namibia since 1992."
"When we brought the Miss Universe pageant to Namibia in 1995 as the host country, we were able to raise tourism interest and investment in Namibia, which hugely boosted the economy."
"We were able to do through a very generous donation by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt when they had baby Shiloh in Namibia in 2005. Nujoma also opened the Michelle McLean Primary School at Otjimuise in Windhoek in 2000, with the help of the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture, supporting over 1 300 pupils every year."
"This project encouraged hundreds of students to attend schools in these remote areas."
"I want to spread love, light and understanding in the world - even if just in my little corner of the world"
"Love does not see colour; you can choose to love instead of hate."
"We don't know the challenges they faced and overcame. I take criticism with a healthy pinch of salt. People will make comparisons. That is inevitable"
"Despite the mountain of adversity and the impossibility of the situation, she stubbornly keeps fighting"
"My first love is obviously acting. That's the one thing that I am very passionate about. Writing and producing are opportunities that came to me, and I'm a firm believer in, if an opportunity shows up, take it and see how far you can go with it. Because obviously I believe nothing will come to me that I can't handle”."
"As an actor, I would love to act alongside Viola Davis and Denzel Washington at some point in my life before I die. Because obviously, those are people that I think are brilliant actors..."
"In general, the industry is not as big as, say, Nollywood, Hollywood or Bollywood, but I think we're making great strides and I think we’ve churned out quite a few films in the industry that are on par internationally. And it can only grow from here. The struggle we also face, like other African countries, is funding, getting our movies out there for people to watch, networks actually picking up our content and paying for it"
"[Chuckles] Let me tell you something Dami, I am sure you saw that on wikipedia, someone went ahead and created a wikipedia page for me, saying that i was in the first installment of Lion king, but that's not true. I only played Rafiki in a school play at High School and that was it. I need to fix that. So don’t always believe what Wikipedia says because anyone can decide to create one for you and misquote an article they read in the paper."