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The release of Dawn’s debut EP represents the culmination of a journey filled with joy, pain, hope, fear, love, loss - and, above all, Faith. In many ways, her arrival as an artist has been both inevitable and long overdue. Born Dawn Faith Mlotshwa, and raised in one of South Africa’s most notorious townships during the height of apartheid, music has always been at the centre of Dawn’s world. Her grandmother was a defining figure in her upbringing, and first encouraged Dawn to sing at the church she attended. This love of singing was nurtured by her mother - also an artist - who introduced her to the recordings of legends like Aretha Franklin and Donnie Hathaway. At a young age, Dawn had a front row seat to one of the most significant periods of history in the past century. She watched the release of Nelson Mandela, the fall of the apartheid government, and the birth of a new democracy. Through it all, she saw the role that music can play in creating social change - from offering