Dark White Light Black

A British music reviewer describes Malvory Adams, a.k.a. MeZZo, as a writer who teaches through song.
MeZZo's musical career started in small-town halls and private homes in his hometown Breidbach, King William's Town in the Eastern Cape in the 70s -- no electricity and a generator fuelling the music flames.
Away from music he plies his trade at the public broadcaster, the SABC, as a TV News Bulletin Writer for Afrikaanse TV Nuus on SABC2.
His media career started in 1983 at Die Burger in Cape Town.
At Die Burger, he coined the phrase 'Santos Jou Lekke Ding' when the 'People's Team' still had PSL status, and in 1996 at City Press, the phrase 'Xhosanostra' about the then sports rulers who hailed from one region, the Eastern Cape. Western Province Rugby adopted the same slogan: “WP, Jou Lekke Ding”.
He is also the singer-songwriter MeZZo, who released a 16-track album 'No Color' and numerous Singles – e.g. 'Do It Now, 'Let Humanity Reign', 'Real Love', and a "Song For The Nation" titled 'Togetha As 1, This song encourages a spirit of oneness.
He first honed his vocal and song-writing prowess under the watchful eye of musicologist RJ Benjamin.
Malvory occupied senior editorial positions at numerous mainstream newspapers -- both Afrikaans and English publications - in 38 years.
He also received accolades, such as:
a) A Commended Award in the category Analysis and Commentary at the prestigious 2007 South African Mondi Shanduka Newspaper Awards for a 3-part series on transformation in sport.
b) Between 2004 and 2007, he co-owned and edited a multi-award-winning Western Cape community newspaper, West Xpress. Xpress scooped three national awards - including Best Emerging Publication at the Sanlam Community Press Awards.
c) He is also a Clive Menell Fellow for senior journalists at Duke University (2001) in North Carolina, USA (2001).
In 2021, he penned a memoir titled Als is nie net swart en wit nie, followed up by ‘Dark White Light Black’.