Interview with Dela Gwala
Dela Gwala
The backchat
show was joined by Dela Gwala a creative
chameleon in many aspects of her life. With a background in writing and
storytelling as well as music, she has plenty to share with us about what her
journey has been like especially with the transition from writing to making
music.
As a
multidisciplinary storyteller who uses audio to heal, laugh and connect with
people, Dela has been behind the radio mic as a host and is very involved with
the act against gender based violence. Her work as a writer has been published
in three books. “OUT GHOST WERE ONCE PEOPLE”, “ FEMINISM IS”, and “ THIS IS HOW
IT IS”. Her journey to feminism and sexual violence was really important for
her to voice. Her work has also been published in platforms such as "New Frame, Arts24, IOL News, Cape Argus"
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Dela also
shared that for her music, she loves starting off with weird sounds and taking
it from there. She was able to bring the sounds to life via Ableton and its
really grown ever since. She also added that it is quite challenging being a
female and wanting to learn about production and how to produce, but
nevertheless she pushed through it. Dela also completed a part-time music production programme at Cape Audio College and is currently a full time student at Bridges Academy for Music.
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