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Active | Afrikaans | South Africa

Jan Jan Jan started as a joke on social media in April 2019 when comedian Donovan Goliath posted a photo of four men in khaki shorts and asked followe...

Active | English | South Africa

Amersham is a South African pop rock band formed in Johannesburg in the late 1990’s by Adam Lomas and Nathan Waywell. They gained national attention i...

Active | English | Nigeria

Styl-Plus is a Nigerian R&B and pop group formed in 1997, originally operating as STYL, a gospel quartet founded by Shifi Emoefe, Tunde Akinsanmi, Yem...

Mahotella Queens

Active | Zulu | South Africa

The Mahotella Queens is a South African all-female band formed in 1964 by music producer Rupert Bopape. The group consists of three members, Hilda Tl...

Inactive | Swahili | Kenya

Formed in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2005, Sauti Sol is an award-winning band comprising Bien-Aimé Baraza, Willis Chimano, Polycarp Otieno, and Savara Mudigi....

Active | Afrikaans | South Africa

Romanz was a premier South African vocal quartet that redefined the "pop-opera" genre through a series of landmark releases. Formed in 2008, the group...

Active | English | South Africa

DreamTeam, is a prominent hip hop musical group hailing from South Africa. The music group started in 2011 with three members - Mthoko Mkhathini, Saso...

Les Bantous De La Capitale

Inactive | French | Congo

Les Bantous de la Capitale, or Bantous Jazz Orchestra, is a legendary Congolese musical group. Formed in 1959, they popularised the Boucher and Soukou...

Active | Swahili | Kenya

Vintage Clan is a talented quartet of up-and-coming artists based in Lang'ata, Nairobi, Kenya. The group is composed of four members: Nilote (Kelvin M...

Musik Ye Afrika I

Inactive | Zulu | South Africa

The South African-based ensemble Musik Ye Afrika was formed in 1997 by Zimbabwean guitarist Louis Mhlanga, bassist Jimi Indi, and drummer Jethro Shash...

Active | Zulu | South Africa

Rising to prominence in the mid-1980s, CJB was a cornerstone of South Africa’s vibrant "Bubblegum" pop era. The group’s name was an acronym for its fo...

Active | Zulu | South Africa

Family Factory is a South African contemporary gospel collective formed in the early 1990s in Durban by Lindelani Mkhize, Mthunzi Namba, and Jabu Hlon...