Musical gadgets used on the recordings include vocalist Sakhile Moleshe's TC Helicon on the left, as heard on Lwanda Gogwana's "All Ok"; and Andrei van Wyk's Akai MPD32 and assorted fx pedals, as heard on The Wretched's "What Is History".

The song is looking at how, if we combine our forces together in unity, we can build the nation the we want to see. It's something that I've been thinking about a lot in my writing process recently [while] working towards my album, Radio Sechaba." — Bokani Dyer

Lwanda Gogwana holds his flugelhorn mid-session. His contribution, "All OK", was co-produced with the pianist and composer Luyanda Madope.

"Abaphezulu", the Iphupho L'ka Biko and Kinsmen and Siya Mthembu collaboration that book-ends the compilation, happened on the last day of recording.

The studio engineer Tshepo sets up the microphones in preparation for a recording session.

Sibusile, Naftali, and Fakazile pose for a portrait at the end of the day they recorded "Umdali" at producer's AshK's studio in Pretoria.

The Brother Moves On had been fans of Thandi's music for some time before they linked up with her. They'd played gigs and hung out at rehearsal rooms a good number of times beforehand. When time came to make music, "Umthandazo", a song that's appeared on two of Thandi's studio albums, was an easy pick.

The control room at Dyertribe Studios where some of the discussions about song structure, and about what take to keep, took place.

Before recording, members of The Wretched had a session where they dissected the ideas they wanted to convey through their contribution to the compilation.

The Wretched consists of Andre van Wyk, Gabi Motuba, and Tumi Mogorosi. This is moments before they hit the lab to lace the urgent-sounding "What Is History?".

Tshepo Mothwa is responsible for recording the bulk of the compilation.