Garth Prince

{{Short description|Namibian-Canadian musician}}

Garth Prince is the stage name of Garth Prinsonsky, a Namibian-Canadian musician and writer.Paheja Siririka, [https://neweralive.na/posts/produce-music-for-the-world-not-only-for-namibians-garth-prince "Produce music for the world, not only for Namibians - Garth Prince"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524105406/https://neweralive.na/posts/produce-music-for-the-world-not-only-for-namibians-garth-prince |date=2019-05-24 }}. New Era, May 24, 2019. He is most noted for his 2021 album Falling in Africa, which was a Canadian Folk Music Award nominee for Best Children's Album at the 17th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2022,Megan Lapierre, [https://exclaim.ca/music/article/canadian_folk_music_awards_announces_nominees_for_2022 "Canadian Folk Music Awards Announce 2022 Nominees"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026040039/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/canadian_folk_music_awards_announces_nominees_for_2022 |date=2021-10-26 }}. Exclaim!, September 28, 2021. and won the Juno Award for Children's Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2022.Holly Gordon, [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/here-are-all-the-2022-juno-award-winners-1.6453668 "Here are all the 2022 Juno Award winners"]. CBC Music, May 14, 2022.

Born in Cape Town, South Africa, and raised in Swakopmund, Namibia, he was a member of the Mascato Youth Choir in childhood, and was later associated with the band Afroshine, best known for their 2008 single "Ti Mama". He moved to Edmonton, Alberta after marrying a Canadian woman he had met while touring Canada, and works primarily as a children's entertainer and educator on African music and culture.Thandiwe Konguavi, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-film-captures-music-instructor-s-homecoming-to-namibia-1.5229694 "Film captures Edmonton music instructor's homecoming to Namibia"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731074416/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-film-captures-music-instructor-s-homecoming-to-namibia-1.5229694 |date=2019-07-31 }}. CBC News Edmonton, July 29, 2019.

He was the subject of Memoirs of the Motherland, a short documentary film, in 2019.

Falling in Africa was released concurrently with Grazing Back Home, a children's picture book created in collaboration with writer Tololwa Mollel and illustrator Jason Blower.Taati Niilenge, [https://www.namibian.com.na/211052/archive-read/Namibian-in-Canada-Launches-African-Music-Book-Project "Namibian in Canada Launches African Music Book Project"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606204651/https://www.namibian.com.na/211052/archive-read/Namibian-in-Canada-Launches-African-Music-Book-Project |date=2021-06-06 }}. The Namibian, April 30, 2021.

He was a Western Canadian Music Award nominee for Best Children's Entertainer in 2021.Brock Thiessen, [https://exclaim.ca/music/article/western_canadian_music_awards_unveils_2021_nominees "Western Canadian Music Awards Unveils Its 2021 Nominees"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621211003/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/western_canadian_music_awards_unveils_2021_nominees |date=2021-06-21 }}. Exclaim!, May 18, 2021.