Mageu, Mahleu Maxau, maHewu, amaRhewu or amaHewu is a traditional Southern African non-alcoholic drink among many of the Khoekhoe -Damara and Nama people, Sotho people, Tswana people and Nguni people made from fermented mealie pap.

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So for this client brief, I was tasked with creating an illustration that best represented the Banana flavoured Mageu drink. So I wanted to illustrate something that best represented the bursting banana flavour that you get when you take a sip of the drink.