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  • Brenda Fassie (3 November 1964 – 9 May 2004), was a South African pop singer. She is known for her “outrageousness” and widely considered a voice for disenfranchised blacks during apartheid. She was affectionately known as the...

    Brenda Fassie

    Brenda Fassie (3 November 1964 – 9 May 2004), was a South African pop singer. She is known for her “outrageousness” and widely considered a voice for disenfranchised blacks during apartheid. She was affectionately known as the…

  • Formed in West African refugee camps, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars have risen like a phoenix from the ashes of destruction to create this infectious and celebratory new record. Produced by...

    Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars

    Formed in West African refugee camps, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars have risen like a phoenix from the ashes of destruction to create this infectious and celebratory new record. Produced by…

  • Atongo Zimba is a musician and griot from Ghana. His tours in Europe, South America and Africa include a benefit for the 2010 Haiti earthquake, at the Alliance Française in...

    Atongo Zimba

    Atongo Zimba is a musician and griot from Ghana. His tours in Europe, South America and Africa include a benefit for the 2010 Haiti earthquake, at the Alliance Française in…

  • This is an up and coming band from the West African State of Sierra Leone…See a video

    C-Base from Sierra Leone

    This is an up and coming band from the West African State of Sierra Leone…See a video

  • Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a male choral group from South Africa that sings in the vocal style of isicathamiya and mbube. They rose to worldwide prominence as a result of...

    Ladysmith Black Mambazo

    Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a male choral group from South Africa that sings in the vocal style of isicathamiya and mbube. They rose to worldwide prominence as a result of…

  • Tinariwen (Tamashek: “The deserts”, plural of “ténéré” meaning “desert”) is a band of Tuareg musicians from the Sahara Desert region of northern Mali. Formed in 1979, they rose to prominence...

    Tinariwen

    Tinariwen (Tamashek: “The deserts”, plural of “ténéré” meaning “desert”) is a band of Tuareg musicians from the Sahara Desert region of northern Mali. Formed in 1979, they rose to prominence…

  • François Luambo Makiadi (6 July 1938 – 12 October 1989) was a major figure in twentieth century Congolese music, and African music in general. He is widely referred to as...

    François Luambo Makiadi

    François Luambo Makiadi (6 July 1938 – 12 October 1989) was a major figure in twentieth century Congolese music, and African music in general. He is widely referred to as…

  • Maiko Zulu is a Zambian musician, human rights activist and a recognised International labour organisation child ambassador to zambia. His work both in the music industry and human rights arena...

    Maiko Zulu

    Maiko Zulu is a Zambian musician, human rights activist and a recognised International labour organisation child ambassador to zambia. His work both in the music industry and human rights arena…

  • Sierra Leonean female musician

    Vida

    Sierra Leonean female musician

  • Palm-wine music (known as maringa in Sierra Leone) is a West African musical genre. It evolved among the Kru people of Sierra Leone and Liberia, who used Portuguese guitars brought...

    Palm-wine music

    Palm-wine music (known as maringa in Sierra Leone) is a West African musical genre. It evolved among the Kru people of Sierra Leone and Liberia, who used Portuguese guitars brought…

  • Known as “The Golden Voice of Togo,” King Mensah is one of the most popular musical acts from Togo, West Africa. Though based in Lomé, he regularly records and promotes...

    King Mensah

    Known as “The Golden Voice of Togo,” King Mensah is one of the most popular musical acts from Togo, West Africa. Though based in Lomé, he regularly records and promotes…

  • Miriam Makeba (Johannesburg, March 4, 1932 - Castel Volturno, November 10, 2008) was a Grammy Award-winning South African singer, also known as Mama Afrika. She died in the early hours of the morning in Castel Volturno, near Caserta, Italy, on...

    The Late Miriam Makeba-Mama Afrika

    Miriam Makeba (Johannesburg, March 4, 1932 - Castel Volturno, November 10, 2008) was a Grammy Award-winning South African singer, also known as Mama Afrika. She died in the early hours of the morning in Castel Volturno, near Caserta, Italy, on…