Malia

Malia (born 1978) is a singer from Malawi.She has released six albums to date. Malia's mother is from Malawi and her father is from the United Kingdom.She moved to London when she was a teenager.A budding singer, while in New York, she heard a French song by Liane Foly that fascinated her and she made contact with the composer/producer of the song, André Manoukian in France.Ever since, she has collaborated with Manoukian for a number of her albums starting with her debut Yellow Daffodils in 2002.The album Black Orchid, her fourth, is a tribute to Nina Simone.