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Super Rail BandActive | Bambara | Mali
The Super Rail Band of Bamako is a Malian musical group that was formed in 1970, also known as Bamako Rail Band, Rail Band, or Super Rail Band of the ...
Ifang BondiActive | English | Gambia
Ifang Bondi (a Mandinka phrase meaning “be yourself”), is the moniker of a Gambian musical group. The band leader is Badou Jobe and some of its foun...
Cutting JadeActive | English | South Africa
Cutting Jade is a South African band that was formed in 1998 with current line-up of Shaun Collins, Raoul Dippenaar, and Andrew Duggan. They gained p...
NjavaActive | Malagasy | Madagascar
Five siblings—two sisters and three brothers—make up the Malagasy musical group, "Njava." The group is named after their father, a musical prodigy. Th...
FuzigishActive | English | South Africa
Fuzigish is a dynamic South African Ska Punk band founded in 1997 by vocalist and guitarist Jay Bones, along with Malcolm King, William Bishop, and Th...
The SkylarksInactive | English | South Africa
During the 1950s, The Skylarks, an all-female South African band, was formed by Miriam Makeba, who became a prominent figure. They were at one point t...
BLK JKSActive | English | South Africa
BLK JKS ( Black Jacks) is a renowned South African rock band formed in 2000 by childhood friends Mpumelelo Mcata and Lindani Buthelezi in Spruitview, ...
AmampondoActive | English | South Africa
Formed in 1979, Amampondo is a South African percussion ensemble renowned for their fusion of traditional Xhosa music with jazz, funk, and rock influe...
Soweto String QuartetActive | English | South Africa
Formed in 1989 at the Madimba School of Music, the Soweto String Quartet grew from a core of three brothers: Sandile Khamese on first violin, Thami Kh...
The Don Isaac Ezekiel CombinationInactive | English | Nigeria
Originating from Fela Kuti's Koola Lobitos, the Don Isaac Ezekiel Combination (D.I.E) was a band consisting of Don Kemonah, Isaac Olasugba, and Ezekie...
LARKActive | English | South Africa
LARK, also written as Lark, is a South African glitch electronica band founded in 2003 by Inge Beckmann and Paul Ressel. The other two band members ar...
MezclaActive | Spanish | Cuba
Mezcla is a Cuban band formed in 1985 by guitarist Pablo Menéndez, an Oakland native and son of blues singer Barbara Dane. At 14, he moved to Cuba, wh...