Kapana and Braai: A Sad Indictment of How Namibia’s Elite Socialises – Windhoek Observer

Kapana and Braai: A Sad Indictment of How Namibia’s Elite Socialises – Windhoek Observer

Namibia has every right to celebrate its food and rural heritage. But when a country’s aspirational class cannot imagine leisure beyond meat, fire, alcohol and “going home”, something deeper is at stake. There is something revealing about the way Namibia has come to market itself. Kapana has become one of the country’s great cultural calling cards. Tourists are taken to Katutura to eat grilled meat. Visitors are encouraged to experience the smok…