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Active | Afrikaans | South Africa

Hi-5 is a well-known boy band hailing from Pretoria, South Africa, recognized for their music predominantly in Afrikaans. Founded in 2003 by Niel Scho...

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 | Spanish | Cuba

Omo Alagba, based in Seattle, is an Afro-Cuban music ensemble dedicated to preserving and performing traditional Lukumi (Yoruba-derived) spiritual mus...

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Active | Zulu | South Africa

Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a renowned South African male choral group that was founded in the 1960s by Joseph Shabalala. The group changed its name f...

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...

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...

Orchestre Stukas

Inactive | Lingala | Congo

Orchestre Stukas was a popular Congolese soukous band formed in the 1970s. Comprising Lita Bembo, Lokassa Ya Mbongo, and Mav Cacharel, among others, t...

Active | Malagasy | Madagascar

Five siblings—two sisters and three brothers—make up the Malagasy musical group, "Njava." The group is named after their father, a musical prodigy. Th...

Star Feminine Band

Active | French | Benin

Star Feminine Band is a dynamic group of seven Beninese girls between the ages of 10 and 17 known for blending highlife, Congolese rumba, and Sato mus...

Active | Afrikaans | South Africa

Ddisselblom is an Afrikaans pop-rock band from Bloemfontein, formed by Jaco Spies and Johrné van Huyssteen after meeting while working together. Their...

Active | English | South Africa

Johannesburg-based house trio, Mi Casa, comprising Portuguese-born vocalist Joao da Fonseca, alias J’Something, DJ/producer Sipho Mphahlaza, aka Dr. D...

Orchestre S.B.B.

Inactive | French | Congo

Orchestre Super Boboto also recognized as L'International Orchestre Populaire S.B.B. Du Congo or simply Orchestre S.B.B., emerged as a prominent force...