Mafa Makhubalo is the founder and artistic director of Mafa Dance Village. Born in Sasolburg, South Africa, Mafa trained professionally in movement poet, with practices in folk forms from the regions of African tradition, African contemporary, and West-Contemporary. His work has been presented at various events, including Ontario Dance Weekend, International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) in Toronto, Body Percussion Festival, Dance Immersion ShowCase, Contemporaneity, Edition 1.0, TEADA 2019 CUBA, and FFDN’s signature program in 2020, at Theatre Passe Muraille, and TDT Pilot Episode 2021.