Music

Namibian music includes a variety of folk styles, as well as pop, rock, reggae, jazz, house, and hip hop. Namibian celebrities include Stefan Ludik, The Dogg, Gazza, EES, Lady May, Sunny Boy, Sally Boss Madam, and Big Ben, as well as Placa Gang, a group of hardworking dream chasers.

Namibian traditional music is extremely diverse, owing in part to the diversity of language groups and the past's artificial ethnic separation (apartheid), which discouraged people from freely mixing. Namibian musical practices can most likely be generalized based on three broad (yet culturally diverse) bands from the region. Cultural exchange, migration, political history, and even agricultural practices are all etched on bodies and revealed through dance and music. Much of the music is sung in groups, with dance and occasionally drums. The majority of solo songs are performed with bows, lamellophones, or unaccompanied. The Nama use a variety of strings, flutes, and drums, whereas the Bantu use xylophones, gourds, and horn trumpets.

With no major record labels or distribution infrastructure, Namibia's music industry remains underdeveloped. Two of the factors impeding the development of the local music industry are a lack of focus on producing economically viable Namibian music products and the absence of effective marketing and distribution structures. DONLU, the country's online music retailer, provides streaming services.