“there’s this affirming (dare I say: healing) energy that lies amongst the mist and haze in these songs… at times, they feel warm, and cold in other moments – as if we’re facing the void left by the reality of our fading youth. but it always feels like things will be okay.”

simply put, mwakula means “you’ve grown”. have we?

on Mwakula, Mawa .Dzulo walks the path from the sweet innocence of growing up to first realising it won’t last forever. Our fading youth - it’s bittersweet.

These are the sounds for those moments.