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Manne Wat Glo I

Active | Afrikaans | South Africa

Manne Wat Glo is a South African Afrikaans Christian music group formed around 2014 when four established gospel artists, Jan de Wet, Leon Ferreira, W...

Inactive | 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...

Amaphoyisa Asolundi 1

Inactive | English | South Africa

Amaphoyisa Asolundi, also known as the Ulundi Police Choir, is a South African gospel group recognized for their Zulu-language worship music. The ense...

Toots & The Maytals

Active | Jamaican Patois (Jamaican Creole) | Jamaica

Toots & The Maytals was the celebrated Jamaican vocal group led by Frederick Nathaniel “Toots” Hibbert. Formed in Kingston in the early 1960s, the gro...

Soul Brothers I

Active | Zulu | South Africa

The Soul Brothers, founded in 1975, are the legendary "Kings of Mbaqanga," a genre they revolutionized by fusing traditional Zulu soul with modern ins...

Active | English | Nigeria

Chop Life Crew is a group of innovative and forward-thinking creatives who aim to revolutionize the Nigerian music industry. Comprised of "President:...

Active | Malagasy | Madagascar

Tarika, a Malagasy musical group of five members (Hanitra, Noro, Donné, Ny Ony, and Solo), makes music with instruments such as marovany, valiha, kabo...

Inactive | English | South Africa

Alaska was a South African kwaito group active during the late 1990s and early 2000s, recognised for their role in township dance culture and the broa...

Active | English | South Africa

Four was a South African pop and R&B group formed during the first season of The X Factor South Africa. Made up of Jethro Tait, Steven Lee Lewis, and ...

Active | Creole | Jamaica

Founded by the visionary producer Winston "Niney" Holness, The Observers functioned as the premier house band for the "Observer" label during Jamaica’...

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. ...

CrashCarBurn II

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, ...