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Rocafil Jazz InternationalInactive | 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...
SantrofiActive | English | Ghana
Santrofi is an Accra-based highlife band from Ghana. The band, founded and headed by Emmanuel Ofori is well known for their classic music, which draws...
DownfallInactive | English | United States of America
The Downfall Band is an American ska punk band formed in 1989 following the disbandment of the popular band Operation Ivy. Their brief existence saw e...
Riddare av KodenActive | English | South Africa
Riddare av Koden is a South African all-men Heavy Metal band that was originally formed as Elegy in 2006. The band's debut album gained significant u...
Watershed BandActive | English | South Africa
Watershed is a notable pop-rock band formed in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1998. Their breakthrough came in 2002 when a German radio DJ discovered ...
Hairdo IInactive | Afrikaans | South Africa
Hairdo was a sophisticated South African studio band and production collective that helped define the polished synth-pop sound of the late 1980s. Form...
Choc StarsActive | Lingala | Congo (Democratic Republic of the)
Choc Stars is a legendary band founded in 1983 by Ben Nyamabo. With their electrifying mix of Afrobeat, soukous, and rumba, they took the music scene ...
Agrupamento KissanguelaActive | Kimbundu | Angola
Agrupamento Kissanguela, an Angolan musical ensemble established in 1974, aimed to serve as the cultural wing of the MPLA and to convey the party's id...
Pure GoldActive | 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...
Civil TwilightInactive | English | South Africa
Civil Twilight was a band formed by three childhood friends, Steven McKellar, Andrew McKellar, and Richard Wouters, in South Africa in 1996. They lat...
New AcademicsActive | 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...
SeetherActive | English | South Africa
Seether is a renowned rock band that originated in Pretoria, South Africa, in 1999. The band initially went by the name Saron Gas before rebranding to...