{"id":231940,"date":"2019-01-17T09:41:04","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T07:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=231940"},"modified":"2019-01-22T07:11:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T05:11:00","slug":"india-beckons-boss-madam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=231940","title":{"rendered":"India Beckons Boss Madam"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_232124\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 945px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Entertainment-1st-story-17-Jan-2019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-232124\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Entertainment-1st-story-17-Jan-2019.jpg\" alt=\"India Beckons Boss Madam\" width=\"945\" height=\"1168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Entertainment-1st-story-17-Jan-2019.jpg 945w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Entertainment-1st-story-17-Jan-2019-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Entertainment-1st-story-17-Jan-2019-768x949.jpg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Entertainment-1st-story-17-Jan-2019-828x1024.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">NET SO: Sally Boss Madam. _Photo: Contributed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Zorena Jantze<\/p>\n<p>Artist to perform at festival<\/p>\n<p>NAMIBIAN songstress and afro fusion artist, Sally Boss Madam, kicked off the year with a bang as the artist has been invited to India.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Informant\u00e9, the artist shared her excitement and plans for the new year.<\/p>\n<p>Sally explained that last year she created a song for Mahatma Gandhi\u2019s 150th anniversary, where she was requested alongside artists from all over the world to do a cover of a popular Indian song.<\/p>\n<p>She added that through a tutor provided by the Indian Embassy, she learned the song\u2019s lyrics and pronunciation in two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did a little video and send it over to India and people were really impressed by it. My version made a huge impact on television and radio stations, and the Prime Minister of India even twitted about it,\u201d Sally explained.<\/p>\n<p>She noted that after the successful reception of her song, the Indian High Commissioner held a ceremony to honor her for the Hindi song project.<\/p>\n<p>Sally is expected to be leaving for the festival in Delhi to represent Namibia in February.<\/p>\n<p>Talking plans for the year, Sally states that she would like to venture into more projects and corporate deals.<\/p>\n<p>The artist jokingly said that January is usually vacation time for artist and that she will be taking things very slow.<\/p>\n<p>Suffice to say, Sally\u2019s ability of combining traditional African musical styles with a bit of contemporary played by electrifying live bands will see Namibia\u2019s Boss Madam taking the Indian music scene by storm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zorena Jantze Artist to perform at festival NAMIBIAN songstress and afro fusion artist, Sally Boss Madam, kicked off the year with a bang as the artist has been invited to India. In an interview with Informant\u00e9, the artist shared her excitement and plans for the new year. 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