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Active | Xhosa | South Africa

Mafikizolo is an award-winning duo South African kwaito group, consisting of a female lead singer, Nhlanhla Nciza, and the composer, Theo Kgosinkwe. ...

Active | Swahili | Tanzania, United Republic of

L.W.P Majitu (Legendary Without Pressure) is a veteran Tanzanian hip-hop group formed in the late 1990s in Temeke, Dar es Salaam. The original trio, S...

Inactive | English | South Africa

Crossingpoint was a South African-based hardcore punk band formed in 1998 with band members Ross Turpin, Richard Phipson, Raymond Douglas and Brandon ...

Active | English | New Zealand

Weird Together is a New Zealand-based multicultural music collective known for blending electronic dance music with African, Caribbean, Latin American...

Active | Afrikaans | South Africa

Nagligte is a South African alternative rock band formed by Jacobus “Roof” Brink, Wynand Jonker, and Daniël “Eddie” Brink. The group originated in 200...

Active | English | South Africa

CrashCarBurn is a prominent South African rock band formed in 2006 by brothers Garth and Brendan Barnes following the hiatus of their previous group, ...

Wenge Musica Maison Mère

Active | Lingala | Congo (Democratic Republic of the)

In 1997, Wenge Musica Maison Mère emerged in the music scene of the Democratic Republic of Congo, formed by Werrason, Didier Masela, and Adolphe Domin...

The Dark City Sisters

Active | English | South Africa

The Dark City Sisters were a popular and successful South African female vocal group formed in 1958 by music producer Rupert Bopape. They recorded se...

The Buckfever Underground

Active | Afrikaans | South Africa

The Buckfever Underground is a spoken-word musical group from South Africa, renowned for its distinct fusion of free-form jazz-rock and post-rock melo...

Active | Swahili , Sheng , English | Kenya

Mbuzi Gang is an all-men Kenyan rap and Gengetone group made of Joefes, iPhoolish, and Fathermoh, under the label Black Market Records. Their journey ...

Active | English | South Africa

Semisane is a definitive South African pop-rock quartet that emerged in 2000, evolving from a previous musical venture known as Black Diamond. Led by ...

Active | Zulu | South Africa

Aba Shanté is a South African kwaito group formed in the early 1990s under the mentorship of Arthur Mafokate through his influential 999 Music label. ...