Put your health first - D-Naff Men care about gynaecological cancers too It started as a wish of the late Chi Chi to feature on a song with the Kwiku superstar Sunny Boy, but time did however not allow the two personalities to produce the track. Gospel artist D-Naff who also featured on the song said it was unfortunate that the song was only produced after her passing “The song was produced by Tequilla and Sunny Boy. I ended up on the track because she was my friend. Sunny Boy really felt bad when he heard that Chi Chi had passed on, especially when she had wanted to do a song with him. He felt that he owed her and that is how the song came about,” said D-Naff. The song titled Lala Nawa is a product that is meant to create awareness amongst the youth, celebrities and members of the community at large, on cancer. Up to today the song has up to 97 711 views on YouTube. D-Naff expressed his sadness at the fact that when the majority of Namibians hear of cancer, they believe that it''s something that is far from them, which is not the case. D-Naff recalls the late Chi Chi as a cheerful person. “I got to know of her through my radio interviews and on television. She then ended up being my colleague at the Ministry of Home Affairs. She would always tell us when she stepped out for her chemotherapy and when she came back she would greet us all with a hug or a kiss. She had love for everyone and I''m not only saying this because she is no more,” said D-Naff.
As an artist, D-Naff believes that God had not given him and the rest of the artists their talent in vain, but rather with a purpose to inform people through their work. “It''s very easy for people to listen to me compared to the president. As a man in the industry it is very important that we spread messages to people through our work. There are so many people being diagnosed [with cancer] in Namibia, and it''s high time we do something,” he said.
D-Naff also urged both women and men to go for regular, frequent checkups. He says this will prevent people from being diagnosed with certain diseases because they feel they are still too young to get tested – and he says that nowadays no one is safe. “As artists we should push for people to go for general checkups one a month or twice in six months at least and this is for everybody. Don''t only go when you get a headache,” said D-Naff. D-Naff say he''s one that takes his health very seriously and doesn''t want to be taken by surprise. “I have two doctors and I was at one of them just last week. When I was younger I honestly didn''t care, because I thought my blood would clean my system for me, but now I know better and we all should. Today if I feel pain on my toes I immediately go to my doctor I don''t play,” he concluded.
June Shimuoshili