Vusi Mchunu

Founding Director

Vusi Mchunu is a South African poet, heritage practitioner, curator of museum exhibitions and film researcher, writer and producer. His books are Stronger Souls, Pipiedreams and Pleides Isilimela.

Kabelo Galane

Producer Kabelo is a beats maker and music rights expert founder of MBI Music Business Intelligence. His passion for licencing and sound design meets in the crucial audio elements of film production.

Vuyo Giba

Producer

Film-maker, writer, researcher and a member of an international initiative called Women in Jazz Media, Giba has documented Eastern Cape jazz and heritage over the last ten years.

Dionne Macdonald

Art Director

Being an artist is intrinsic to Dionne who grew up in a very creative family. She studied at Johannesburg Art Foundation, Johannesburg School of the Arts and Joubert Park Technical College. She works in community in interactive mediums, such as public art, murals, carnival, expressive art, street theatre and artivism.

Michael Croeser

Graphic Design

Michael Croeser is a KwaZulu-Natal based visual artist, lecturer and graphic designer. For almost two decades he has enjoyed a rich collaboration with Struan Douglas, conceptualising, logo designs, graphics, book cover designs and posters.

Qhawekazi Giyose

Research

Qhawekazi is an ethnomusicologist, researcher, and sound artist, originally from East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She is passionate about the preservation of indigenous knowledge systems, music, instruments and conducting ethnographic research to tell authentic South African stories.

Nolulamo Maquthu

Producer

Nolulamo Lulu Maquthu's career path weaves together her passion for performance and education. She is dedicated to amplifying African stories and fostering a new generation of Black women producers that celebrate African cultures, languages, and perspectives.