a.Faya

Afaya is the brainchild of Milandru Mapengo. In a family that would sing together we got fond of choral music and much more of indigenous music performed in traditional ceremonies.

Milandru joined the Rudimentals and started performances in Cape Town and a Reggae Festival in Pretoria, a feature on KYKnet. Working in studios in the Cape, Milandru recorded songs with notable musicians like Errol Dyers, Tim Parr.

Moving to Johannesburg led to meeting with MXO and a live engineering gig for Simphiwe Dana. In the early 2000s while working at a studio in Yeoville, he met Aura Msimang who was working on her third album called Afrikan Child and she wanted to work with young producers of Afrikan descent just like the album was called.