2022 Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Music - Msaki

Born Asanda Lusaseni Mvana, Msaki hails from East London in the Eastern Cape. She studied Visual Art and Design before deciding to narrow her field into just Visual Art. Her hard work and dedication led her to be selected to study art at the University of Leeds.
Later she was selected to study music in North Carolina, USA, and after discovering her passion and calling, she made the decision to pursue music full-time.
Msaki’s sound straddles genres and she weaves her musical heritage into a beautiful fabric of expressions. As a musical oracle of her time, she seeks to evoke the future of Africa’s sound.
Today, Msaki is not just an artist but a business woman as owner of independent record label, One Shushu Day Artistry.