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Active | Jamaican Patois (Jamaican Creole) | Jamaica

Black Uhuru emerged from Kingston, Jamaica, in 1972 and became one of reggae's most influential vocal groups, helping expand the global reach of roots...

Active | Swahili | Kenya

H_Art The Band is a popular trio band from Kenya. The members are Mordecai Mwini, Wachira Gatama, and Kenneth 'Kenchez' Muya. Though the band was form...

Active | Afrikaans | South Africa

Die Broers is a popular South African Afrikaans music trio formed in 2006. The band consists of the Snyman brothers: Christo, Cobus, and Stephan. Wide...

Afro-Cuban All Stars

Active | Cuban Spanish | Cuba

The Afro-Cuban All Stars, led by Juan de Marcos González, are a Cuban band that performs a unique blend of Cuban music styles such as bolero, chachach...

Active | English | South Africa

CrashCarBurn is a South African rock band formed in London in 2006 but returned to South Africa in 2007. The current band line-up include Garth Barnes...

Active | English | United Kingdom

UB40 is one of the most successful and enduring groups in reggae and reggae-pop history. Formed in Birmingham, England, in December 1978, the band bui...

Active | Zulu | South Africa

Pure Gold is a South African gospel group formed in 1973 in Mzimhlophe, near Soweto, by Freddy Gwala alongside his brothers and cousins. Blending trad...

Active | 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...

Active | French | Ivory Coast

Kiff No Beat is an influential Ivorian hip-hop group formed in 2009 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The collective consists of five members: Black K, Didi ...

Active | English | South Africa

New Academics is a high-energy quartet band hailing from South Africa. Initially formed in Cape Town in 2004 by vocalist Joe Penn and guitarist David...

Active | Afrikaans | South Africa

DJ Ossewa is an Afrikaans musical group from South Africa built around comedy-driven performance, party-style energy, and satirical storytelling. The ...

Active | English | South Africa

Sugardrive was a South African rock band that gained popularity for their dynamic music that evolved from riff-heavy alternative rock to a fusion of p...