The five musicians studied African music throughout a few trips and guest in their rented farm in the outskirts of the city.
The Johannesburg quintet was formed Dave Ornelias (ac guitar, vocals) and Keith Hutchinson (winds & Kb) and comprised also guitarist mark Khan, bassist Richard Johnson and drummer Braam Malherbe (most likely a descendant of Huguenot, but no relation to the great Didier). Hawk was a group that was apparently managed from afar by Lonstain, but the problems were numerous between artistes and producers. Whether Hawk really did so is anyone's guess, but the strong black African music sprinkled all over their music does give a hint they did.
Indeed the apartheid was an important factor running the country and the generally well-respected boycott made that a few artistes left the country (ie: Manfred Mann), but others remained and fought the Apartheid in their own manner. Relatively unaware from the rest of the planet, South Africa apparently had their own rock scene in which a few groups evolved in the scope of ProgArchives, the first being Freedom Children and here, Hawk.
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