WINDHOEK, Namibia — A woman who joined Namibia's underground independence movement in the 1970s is a strong contender to become its first female leader as the country voted Wednesday in a presidential ...
Southern Africa's desert nation of Namibia swore in its first woman president Friday after Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah won elections that extended the ruling party's 35-year grip on power. Nandi-Ndaitwah, ...
Kana (Yuumi Kawai) is a listless young woman in her early twenties living in Tokyo. Working as a beautician, drifting between men, and moving through life without clear rhyme or reason, her character ...
“Desert of Namibia,” about a caustic 21-year-old Japanese wanderer, embodies its protagonist’s listlessness to a fault. Director Yôko Yamanaka was still a teenager when she made her debut feature ...
Exclusive: Yamanaka became the youngest female director to win the International Federation of Film Critics Prize at Cannes 2024 with the drama. Japanese writer/director Yôko Yamanaka is continuing ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The film follows mercurial 21-year-old Kana (Yuumi Kawai), a hair-removal ...
For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Naimbia's president-elect Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. [AFP] Southern Africa's desert nation of ...
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah won elections that extended the ruling party's 35-year grip on power. [File, Courtesy] Southern Africa's desert nation of Namibia swore in its first woman president Friday after ...