Asanda Lusaseni; known professionally as Msaki, is a South African
composer, singer, and songwriter. Although she is known as a musician,
Msaki trained in fine art, graphic design, film photography and curation at
Rhodes University, Leeds University, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan
University and East London Technikon.
She is a South African Music Award (SAMA) winning musician, who contributed to Black Coffee's Grammy Award winning album as writer, composer and artist.
Her practice now entails intentionally synthesizing her musical and visual
expression through work that merges installation and performance. This
expression is seen through the launch of her album: Of Love in Protest, at
Nirox Sculpture Park 2022, Johannesburg, and presentation of
Ndiyozilanda at the National Arts Festival 2023. She is the 2022 Standard
Bank Young Artist of the Year for Music and a part of this year's South
African Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
Msaki is a brand in motion. Her work is mainly embodied through music,
songwriting, music production and various iterations within visual arts. Some of these expressions are now finding more time to blossom.
Parallel to building her name as an artist, Msaki’s heart was always about
building structures that would hold her desire to serve. It was clear from the start that the philosophy was BUILD as you GROW, LIFT as you RISE.
There is a clear transition and shift in energy and focus that is being
communicated to anyone that wishes to be part of her future.