Justice Mukheli

Hip Hop Artist and Model

When Bongeziwe Mabandla surfaced with his debut album in 2012 he was hailed as the new face of Afro-Folk, effortlessly able to entwine Xhosa lyrics with traditional music and folk stylings to create something uniquely captivating. In the five years that have passed since Umlilo’s release, he’s amplified his already considerable gifts, with tours to Australia, Asia and Canada, appearances at several international and national festivals and an invigorated approach to songwriting that’s adding elements of spirituality and forward-looking creativity to his unique musical mix. The result of all of this is Mabandla’s second album – the first through a new deal with Universal Music. Titled Mangaliso (meaning “marvel” or “miracle”), it’s a worldclass record that confirms he’s among the most purposeful and gifted artists working in South Africa today. Among the highlights are first single, “Ndokulandela”, a hypnotic song that showcases Mabandla’s meditative, yet powerful, voice, “Bawo Wam” which carries with it the spirit of the ancient on a song built around a distinctively modern beat-heavy groove and “Khaya”, a track that reveals Mabandla’s guitarwork as among the most lyrical South Africa has produced. Mangaliso was produced by Tiago Correia Paulo (Tumi and the Volume; 340ml) who also features, along with Mike Wright (Zebra & Giraffe), in the live band that will be touring with Mabandla during 2017. “Ndokulandela”, the first single off Mangaliso is now available on iTunes, Apple Music, Google Play and Deezer.

Photographed Sho’Madjozi for Fader Magazine

Cover shoot for The Bar Magazine

Mahaneela is a multi-faceted artist and professional, with a focus on photography and filmmaking. She is represented by Academy Films. 

Mahaneela has created content for some of the most influential and exciting brands in the world, such as Converse, Adidas, Nike and Eurostar, as well as working with prominent record labels XL Recordings, Young Turks and Because Music. She has photographed artists such as Mercury Prize award winning Sampha, The xx, FKA Twigs, Steve Lacy, and many more. 

Mahaneela’s work has featured in I-D Magazine, The Fader, Complex, Suitcase Magazine and many others, and she was named one of this year’s female creative leaders by The Dots.

In her personal work, Mahaneela focuses on intimate portraiture and films that explore the experiences of people of colour across the world, documenting cultures across music, youth, and the African and Asian diasporas. 

Mahaneela made her directorial debut with a music video for artist Denai Moore, which was premiered by The Fader and nominated for a Shiny Award. 

She then debuted her first short film 'Kindred' at the Tate Modern as part of their 'Soul of a Nation: Art in the age of Black Power' exhibition. Her most recent work features prolific UK rapper Nines, 

Alongside her photography, Mahaneela manages artist Denai Moore, and is a writer, curator and founder of award-nominated music consultancy agency COZY. She also co-founded In Bloom, an all women collective and agency specialising in creating engaging, authentic content for brands and artists.

South African artist.

JOJO ABOT is a Ghanaian artist expressing herself through music, film/photography, literature and performance art. FYFYA WOTO, meaning New Birth - New Discovery serves as the theme and title for her ongoing project exploring the SELF as a provocative tool in the discovery, exchange and evolution of the subject of IDENTITY. Through her work, Abot Investigates new forms of spirituality and expression as part of a growing global conversation around shared space, identity and spirituality that exists beyond the conventional bias of color, race, class or sexual orientation.

Recently wrapping a year in NYC as a member of the New Museum's incubator program, NEW INC Abot moves on to a residency at the acclaimed National Sawdust also in NYC. Abot has toured with the incredible legend, Ms Lauryn Hill in the past year. Playing shows at Radio City Music Hall, Greek theater and others along with Common, Seun Kuti and Stephen Marley. Having performed at iconic venues such as the Apollo Theater, Times Square on New  Year’s eve to a 1 million plus audience, Museum of Modern Art, Kennedy Center and Kings Theater among others, Abot continues to connect with the global audience.

A true cultural fusion and genre bender in both sound and artistic expression, Jojo Abot is poised to take the world by storm with her uniquely coined AFRO-HYNO-SONIC sound and otherworldly perspective.

A Johannesburg-based multidisciplinary creative collective, formed to challenge parochial ideas about blackness in modern society, taking a considered, autodidactic and documentary approach to style and identity.

check them out here: http://www.the-sartists.com/

Stefanie Jason is an award-winning journalist, creative and editor. A purveyor of analogue photography and co-curator of upcoming group photo exhibition of young Black South African photographers, Stefanie is also editor in chief of cultural publication 10and5.com, and has been features writer for publications such as Marie Claire SA and Mail & Guardian’s culture section.

Based in Joburg, Stefanie is a 2017 fellow for the International Women’s Media Foundation, and her byline has appeared in publications like City Press, OkayAfrica and more. She is also guest editor for Chicago-based MADE magazine’s Global Impact issue (Nov 2017).

This site brings together a few of her work .

See past writing for Mail & Guardian and Okay Africa.

This gritty and cinematic campaign is about illicit cigarettes from manufacture. KEEP IT 100 by British American Tobacco

Born into a family of artists and musicians, Brooklyn native Tamara P. Carter spent her childhood years immersed in New York City's music, fashion and contemporary art worlds. As an adolescent she was recruited into an international dance troupe, which gave her the opportunity to live in Paris, London, Berlin and Tokyo.

When she returned to The States she was inspired to become a writer but her family insisted she focus on a more practical area of expertise. Tamara graduated with a degree in biochemistry and landed in Washington DC – where she worked in the pharmaceutical industry and politics.  After moving back to London to focus on writing, she was awarded a publishing deal with Kensington Books for coming of age novel Lovestoned.

In 2013, Tamara graduated with an MFA in screenwriting from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television and landed a position as a staff writer on ABC FAMILY'S – THE FOSTERS. She was one of seven writers accepted into the ABC Television Writing Fellowship in 2014 and has written drama series for several networks-- including HBOs acclaimed drama THE LEFTOVERS (2017).

Tamara is a lifetime contributor to the global music and lifestyle publication, Wax Poetics and has recently completed production on her debut series short, THE PARIS PROJECT (2017).  She resides in Brooklyn.

SHot this on a Pentax 67ii with Portra400 film and a 105mm f2.4 lens.

Shot this work on film, with a Pentax 67ii, Portra 400.

The model is Itumeleng Sola

Conceptualised by Native VML, the campaign aims to inspire South Africans to publicly commit to making their dreams a reality today, rather than one day, later, just now or now now.