Mzwandile Moya (born April 16, 1983) known by his stage name as Afrotraction, is a South African
R&B and
neo soul
Neo soul (sometimes called progressive soul) is a genre of popular music. As a term, it was coined by music industry entrepreneur Kedar Massenburg during the late 1990s to market and describe a style of music that emerged from soul and contempo ...
musician and producer. Moya is coming from a musical family and his love for music was triggered at an early age. Moya is a self-taught pianist and bassist singing in
Siswati in neo soul and R&B styles, and he has worked with many South African artists of different genres.
His studio album ''For The Lovers'' (2014), which earned him best R&B/Soul/Reggae Album at the
21st South African Music Awards
The 21st Annual South African Music Awards were announced during a gala event at Sun City's Super Bowl arena in the North West province on Sunday night, 19 April 2015. It was branded as #SAMAXXI, where XXI represents the Roman numerals for 21.
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''Relationships'' his 5th studio album was released 2017, which includes single; "Ngiphelele", "Ngeke K’lunge", "Ngimtholile", "Angeke", "Imali Yamalobolo", later became South Africa's best-selling album.
Discography
studio albums
* ''Soul Deep'' (2009)
* ''Soulfully Yours'' (2011)
* ''For The Lovers'' (2014)
* ''Love & Respect'' (2016)
* ''Relationships'' (2017)
* ''The Gospel Of Afrotraction: Moya Movement'' (2020)
* ''The Launch of JazzYano'' (2021)
'' TBA (2023)''
studio EP's
* ''Love Over Dose (L.O.D EP)'' (2019)
Awards
References
1983 births
Living people
South African musicians
People from Mbombela
Musicians from Johannesburg
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