{"id":308703,"date":"2021-09-22T12:35:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T10:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=308703"},"modified":"2021-09-22T12:35:13","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T10:35:13","slug":"blind-story-teller-uses-imagination-to-see-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=308703","title":{"rendered":"Blind story teller uses imagination to see the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zorena Jantze<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

MERIAM Kamberipa, a Namibian creative, lets her fingers trace over the brail, reading and writing words which transform her existence into inspiring tales and possibilities that tether her to an outside world she can no longer perceive.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old woman, who gradually went completely blind while younger, will share her inspiring story and her project with the National Theatre of Namibia (NTN) by hosting story telling evenings centred around African Folklore.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

The visually impaired story teller explains that she was born in Epukiro in the Omaheke Region and matriculated from the Windhoek Technical High School.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

\"Blind
BUOYANT: Meriam Kamberipa. Photo: NTN<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI moved to Windhoek when I was three years old. I moved to the capital due to my eye problems. I was in and out of hospital and although the doctors did all they could, I completely lost my eyesight at a very tender age,\u201d Kamberipa said.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

She, however, did not allow her disability to shatter her dreams, and is currently studying Early Childhood Education at NAMCOL and also dipping her toes into the creative industry.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cGrowing up, I dreamt of becoming a social worker or counsellor, which stems from my visual impairment and being able to experience the pain of others who are being abused. I, however, settled on becoming a writer, as it was my way of connecting to the outside world. Whenever my teachers tried to teach me something, I would always connect it to a story to understand it easier,\u201d Kamberipa said.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

She added that she does her story telling in Oshiwambo, Otjiherero, as well as in English.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kamberipa is expected to make her debut today, 22 September, performing at 18:30 at the Okuryangava Woman Centre until tomorrow, 23 September.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

She hopes that her participation in the project inspires other artists with disabilities, as they need opportunities to develop their talent.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Zorena Jantze \u00a0 MERIAM Kamberipa, a Namibian creative, lets her fingers trace over the brail, reading and writing words which transform her existence into inspiring tales and possibilities that tether her to an outside world she can no longer perceive. \u00a0 The 36-year-old woman, who gradually went completely blind while younger, will share her inspiring …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":308716,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-308703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nBlind story teller uses imagination to see the world - Informant\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"MERIAM Kamberipa, a Namibian creative, lets her fingers trace over the brail, reading and writing words which transform her existence...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=308703\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blind story teller uses imagination to see the world - Informant\u00e9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"MERIAM Kamberipa, a Namibian creative, lets her fingers trace over the brail, reading and writing words which transform her existence...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=308703\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Informant\u00e9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/informantenam\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-22T10:35:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-22T10:35:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Blind-story-teller-uses-imagination-to-see-the-world_Feature.jpg?fit=2276%2C1208&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2276\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1208\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Zorena Jantze\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@informantenews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@informantenews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Zorena Jantze\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=308703#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=308703\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Zorena Jantze\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/07702880f644d86f880ea3a7ce3484b4\"},\"headline\":\"Blind story teller uses imagination to see the world\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-22T10:35:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-22T10:35:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=308703\"},\"wordCount\":316,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=308703#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/Blind-story-teller-uses-imagination-to-see-the-world_Feature.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Entertainment\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=308703\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=308703\",\"name\":\"Blind story teller uses imagination to see the world - Informant\u00e9\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=308703#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=308703#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/Blind-story-teller-uses-imagination-to-see-the-world_Feature.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-22T10:35:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-22T10:35:13+00:00\",\"description\":\"MERIAM Kamberipa, a Namibian creative, lets her fingers trace over the brail, reading and writing words which transform her existence...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=308703#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=308703\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=308703#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/Blind-story-teller-uses-imagination-to-see-the-world_Feature.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/Blind-story-teller-uses-imagination-to-see-the-world_Feature.jpg\",\"width\":2276,\"height\":1208},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=308703#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Blind story teller uses imagination to see the world\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/\",\"name\":\"Informant\u00e9\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Informante\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/Informante-Logo-box-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/Informante-Logo-box-1.png\",\"width\":655,\"height\":656,\"caption\":\"Informante\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/informantenam\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/informantenews\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/informante_news\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UC-cBl9A2bCMZZphxM2pyMkw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/07702880f644d86f880ea3a7ce3484b4\",\"name\":\"Zorena Jantze\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/372755f22702a6813f2e3c8f6a5dcd6efaf4457dfc21f023523cd13bb5c25f2d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/372755f22702a6813f2e3c8f6a5dcd6efaf4457dfc21f023523cd13bb5c25f2d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/372755f22702a6813f2e3c8f6a5dcd6efaf4457dfc21f023523cd13bb5c25f2d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Zorena Jantze\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?author=11\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Blind story teller uses imagination to see the world - Informant\u00e9","description":"MERIAM Kamberipa, a Namibian creative, lets her fingers trace over the brail, reading and writing words which transform her existence...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=308703","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Blind story teller uses imagination to see the world - Informant\u00e9","og_description":"MERIAM Kamberipa, a Namibian creative, lets her fingers trace over the brail, reading and writing words which transform her existence...","og_url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=308703","og_site_name":"Informant\u00e9","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/informantenam","article_published_time":"2021-09-22T10:35:10+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-09-22T10:35:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2276,"height":1208,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Blind-story-teller-uses-imagination-to-see-the-world_Feature.jpg?fit=2276%2C1208&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Zorena Jantze","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@informantenews","twitter_site":"@informantenews","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Zorena Jantze","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=308703#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=308703"},"author":{"name":"Zorena Jantze","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#\/schema\/person\/07702880f644d86f880ea3a7ce3484b4"},"headline":"Blind story teller uses imagination to see the world","datePublished":"2021-09-22T10:35:10+00:00","dateModified":"2021-09-22T10:35:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=308703"},"wordCount":316,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=308703#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Blind-story-teller-uses-imagination-to-see-the-world_Feature.jpg","articleSection":["Entertainment","News"],"inLanguage":"en-ZA"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=308703","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=308703","name":"Blind story teller uses imagination to see the world - Informant\u00e9","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=308703#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=308703#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Blind-story-teller-uses-imagination-to-see-the-world_Feature.jpg","datePublished":"2021-09-22T10:35:10+00:00","dateModified":"2021-09-22T10:35:13+00:00","description":"MERIAM Kamberipa, a Namibian creative, lets her fingers trace over the brail, reading and writing words which transform her existence...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=308703#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-ZA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=308703"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=308703#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Blind-story-teller-uses-imagination-to-see-the-world_Feature.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Blind-story-teller-uses-imagination-to-see-the-world_Feature.jpg","width":2276,"height":1208},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=308703#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Blind story teller uses imagination to see the world"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#website","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/","name":"Informant\u00e9","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-ZA"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#organization","name":"Informante","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Informante-Logo-box-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Informante-Logo-box-1.png","width":655,"height":656,"caption":"Informante"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/informantenam","https:\/\/x.com\/informantenews","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/informante_news","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC-cBl9A2bCMZZphxM2pyMkw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#\/schema\/person\/07702880f644d86f880ea3a7ce3484b4","name":"Zorena Jantze","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/372755f22702a6813f2e3c8f6a5dcd6efaf4457dfc21f023523cd13bb5c25f2d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/372755f22702a6813f2e3c8f6a5dcd6efaf4457dfc21f023523cd13bb5c25f2d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/372755f22702a6813f2e3c8f6a5dcd6efaf4457dfc21f023523cd13bb5c25f2d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Zorena Jantze"},"url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?author=11"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=308703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/308716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=308703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=308703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=308703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}