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Inactive | English | South Africa

TKZee is an award-winning South African music group that emerged in the 1990s, gaining recognition for its genre-blending music. The trio, consisting ...

Bob Marley And The Wailers

Inactive | Malagasy | Jamaica

Formed in 1963, Bob Marley & The Wailers, formerly called The Teenagers/The Wailers/The Wailing Wailers/The Wailing Rudeboys, were a Jamaican musical ...

Active | French | Ivory Coast

The award-winning quintet "Kiff No Beat" is an Ivorian music group with was formed by two groups coming together. One group which was formerly known a...

Inactive | English | South Africa

The Dorp Band is a South African electro band currently based in London, England. Originally known as the Fauves, the band was founded in 1992 by Mybu...

Active | English, Afrikaans | South Africa

Mind Assault is a heavy metal band that formed in 2003 in South Africa by Jacques Fourie, Franscois Pretorius, Patrick Davidson, and Donovan Tose. Th...

Active | English | South Africa

Skylight is a prominent South African Christian pop rock band that was formed in Johannesburg in 2009. The band members, Gregory Jorden, Bradley Cumm...

Rocafil Jazz International

Inactive | English | Nigeria

Rocafil Jazz International was a Nigerian band formed in the 1970s, led by Prince Nico Mbarga. Known for their fusion of highlife, makossa, and Congol...

Inactive | Lingala | Congo

Kekele was a Congolese music ensemble founded in the late 1990s, reviving the golden age of Congolese rumba. The band aimed to preserve the traditiona...

Conjunto Os Tropicais

Active | Portuguese | Angola

Conjunto Os Tropicais, also known as Os Tropicais, is a legendary Angolan music band that was formed in the early 1960s. The band has played an impor...

Inactive | Wolof | Gambia

The Super Eagles band started as a high school group and evolved into one of West Africa's most influential musical groups in the late 1960s and early...

Ntombi & Survival

Inactive | English | South Africa

Ntombi & Survival was the backing band for South African singer Ntombi Ndaba during her rise in the mid-1980s. The group consisted of skilled musician...

Active | Lingala | Congo (Democratic Republic of the)

Makoma is a Christian, R&B, and dance musical group with origin from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, but gained recognition in the Netherlands...