MAAK 'N PLAN

My motivation is making Maak n Plan this humanistic place where people can share their experiences and emotions openly, even those who seems to be stoic at times. Loyiso, a brother who seems like they can to

endure hardship without showing any emotion. 

Got to pick Loyiso’s brain on many different things. Things like the power of sports, legacy, the responsibility of being uBhut’ omdala, politics etc. My personal stand out from the conversation is ‘Being 40 means having a good network of people around you.’ Loyiso speaks highly about the importance of having impactful connections with people from all different backgrounds. 

Anyhow, please enjoy the episode with South African comedy royalty, Loyiso Gola. 

Russell ‘Yay Abe’ Abrahams illustrator & art director who comes from a lineage of painters / drawers, shares his story of becoming. Russell, (like many of us) grew using Hip-Hop as a string board that allowed him to shape his views of the world. The early 2000’s & 2010’s were the golden age modern age breakdancing & crumping, with reference to movies like Step Up, Stump The Yard and You Got Served. 

Russell who’s adopted the alias ‘Yay Abe’ as a celebration of his family name as the umbrella for his dreams, describes taking on art as a subject at a very late grade in school, grade 11. Through the emblems of learning and becoming, he cracked the gates to the cooperate world quite early. At the age of 19, his illustrations were living through juice box’s in Woolies for many years and this time spent in cooperate South Africa, redirected him to his lifelong purpose of wanting to play with colour, captivating visual language and make murals that speaks for a colourful tomorrow. 

‘Yay Abe’ has grown to have its own distinctive identity and has been apart of many ground breaking projects and conversations. Here’s a window into who’s the human being behind the art. 

One simple step starts a journey of a thousand miles. These words is a testament to the path walked by Nox and on this episode we get insight of her pivoting from chapter to chapter. Nox shares that her favourite subject/ main source of inspiration is the black child, and that she leans on the interests of this subject as a guide to get the job done. We learn about the importance of journalism in South Africa and how this medium afforded Nox many opportunities.

Richard Average hailing from Macassar, who’s known for his insane use colour and line work shares his the idea of forgiving yourself. We learn about the importance of sensitivity towards self. Richard also explains the journey of once being an out of towner and slowly migrating to being an inner city person. We explore the things he likes, influences, support structure and more. 

Muzi aka Zulu Skywalker delves into what life has been like during his sabbatical. We are provided a window of where he is mentally, in a very humanistic conversation.

On this episode of Maak ‘n Plan, Thandi Draai shared her journey of becoming. She shares her childhood experiences with us, her journey of healing through music and all lessons learnt.

Hip-Hop royalty hailing from Gugulethu, Cape Town - K.Keed shares their journey of becoming in colourful conversation covering influences in music, culture and the youth. Here’s the human-being behind the music.