OBie Mavuso

BIO

OBie Mavuso is a Cape Town-based multidisciplinary cultural practitioner, musician, filmmaker, photographer, and cultural producer with over 16 years of experience across South Africa’s music, arts, media, and creative sectors. Her practice focuses on cultural programming, storytelling, youth development, community engagement, and creating platforms for underrepresented and alternative creative communities. Her work includes cultural organizing with Gang 888, podcasting and creative media through Amamfengu Productions (2020–2026), and youth and social-impact programming through the collaboration between her company Amamfengu, Bridges for Music’s Voices for Change programme and Music In Africa in 2026. OBie has worked with organisations and brands including National Film and Video Foundation, Redbull South Africa, Paul Bothner, AFAI, Creative Nestlings, Assegai Lube, Media Film Service, the French Institute, Goethe-Institut, and British Council. As a musician, she has performed at Rocking the Daisies, Smoking Dragon Festival, The Melrose Gallery, and Show-Me Festival in Zurich (2020), and was a beneficiary of the Concerts SA Digital Mobility Fund (2020). Her multidisciplinary practice spans music, photography, film, media, events, and cultural production, using creative practice to explore identity, culture, healing, and social change. She continues to connect grassroots communities with cultural institutions and opportunities, contributing to the development and documentation of contemporary South African culture.