Born and raised in Malawi, East Africa, Malia's family had to go into exile in London in the late eighties. It was here that she got hooked onto music and discovered
jazz, especially singers like
Sarah Vaughan and
Billie Holiday, a turning point in her life. After she finished school she started singing background parts in diverse
pop-projects but wanted more. She found herself a
pianist and started writing her own songs, working in bars and clubs around town. This worked well for her, but the breakthrough came when, two years ago, she discovered producer André Manoukian (
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