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Afro Jazz & World Music

Afro jazz and world music ensembles blending African rhythm with jazz, Latin and global influences. Configurations run from trio to full band, working as sophisticated background or as a headline set at corporate events, gala dinners and festivals.

Abafazi Bengoma

Johannesburg
Abafazi be Ngoma are an all-female drumming, dancing and singing band formed in a drum circle, touring the world with African hits. Based in Johannesburg.

Abavuki

Cape Town
Abavuki are an eight-piece African jazz and marimba band from Langa who have played their afro-beat grooves since 2001. Based in Cape Town.

ADAMU Trio

Cape Town
Angolan-Born Singer-Songwriter | Guitarist | World Music Artist | Afro-Jazz & Afro-Latin Performer

Afri Duo

Johannesburg
Afri Duo pair violin and saxophone for corporate events, weddings and dinners, with regular slots at The Saxon and Sun City Palace. Based in Johannesburg.

Africa Soul

Johannesburg
Africa Soul rework 1950s and 1960s soul classics by Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding with African harmonies. Johannesburg.

Afrika Mkhize

Johannesburg
Afrika Mkhize is a jazz pianist who started playing at the age of six and went on to win a Standard Bank Young Artist Award. Based in Johannesburg.

Afrotraction

Johannesburg
Afro-Soul | R&B | Neo-Soul | Jazz | Live Band

Amanda Black

Johannesburg
Singer | Songwriter | Afro-Soul | R&B

Amanda Mankayi

Johannesburg
Singer | Songwriter | Composer | Afro-Soul & Afro-Pop

Ami Faku

Johannesburg
Ami Faku is an Afro-soul singer and songwriter from Port Elizabeth who shot to fame as a contestant on The Voice South Africa. Based in Johannesburg.

Ancient Voice Ensemble

Cape Town
Ancient Voice Ensemble play African indigenous instruments to preserve African music, formed in 2014 after a tour of the Netherlands. Cape Town.

AndFem

Johannesburg
AndFem pair singer and MC Andy Klee with West African saxophonist Femi Koya for stylish jazz and Afrobeat entertainment. Based in Johannesburg.

Asanda Mqiki

Port Elizabeth
Asanda Mqiki is an Afro-soul vocalist who has headlined the Cape Town Festival and played the Oppikoppi and National Arts festivals. Based in Port Elizabeth.

Basadi Women of Jazz

Johannesburg
Basadi Women of Jazz are an all-female quartet who have played the FIFA Congress Gala Dinner and the Nelson Mandela Exhibition Tour. Johannesburg.

Benjamin Jephta

Johannesburg
Benjamin Jephta is a jazz double bass and electric bass player named 2017 Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz. Based in Johannesburg.

Bholoja

Eswatini, Southern Africa
Singer-Songwriter | Guitarist | Swazi Soul | Afro-Soul | World Music

Blue Motion Band

Kenya
Blue Motion Band is a Kenyan live ensemble founded over a decade ago by Nyawira Muchiri, known for soulful performances at events. Based in Kenya.

Bongeziwe Mabandla

Maputo, Mozambique
Singer-Songwriter | African Soul | Afro-Folk | Electronic | isiXhosa Contemporary Music

Bongo Maffin

Johannesburg
Bongo Maffin are back after a 13-year hiatus, the post-apartheid kwaito group behind Way Kungakahona and Kura Uone. Based in Johannesburg.

BONJ

Johannesburg
BONJ, born Bongiwe Mpanza in Soweto, is a vocalist blending electronic music with soulful melodies, signed to Tresor’s Jacquel Entertainment Group.

Brenda Mtambo

Johannesburg
Brenda Mtambo is a soul and jazz vocalist who began as a gospel singer and now writes music themed on love, equality and justice. Johannesburg.

Buhlebendalo Mda

Johannesburg
Singer-Songwriter | Performer | Storyteller | Afro-Soul | World Music | Formerly of The Soil

Chris Bakalanga

Cape Town
Singer | Guitarist | Songwriter | Afro-Pop | Soukous | World Music

Coda

Cape Town
Coda fuses electric strings, a house DJ, African vocals and jazz sax, and its album Disclosure earned two All Africa Music Awards nominations. Cape Town.

Cul’Afrika

Johannesburg
Cul’Afrika is a modular musical show celebrating the great South African songbook, performed by Tracey-Lee, Monde, Grant and Caroline. Johannesburg.

Dan Lu

Malawi | Johannesburg
Singer-Songwriter | Afro-Pop | Afrobeat | Contemporary African

Della Tamin

Johannesburg
Della Tamin is a self-taught Cameroonian musician who composes and sings in French, English and his home language Medumba. Based in Johannesburg.

Denzil Africa

Port Elizabeth
Denzil Africa and the Vusa Band are one of the Eastern Cape’s top jazz, cover and function bands, and have backed Jimmy Dludlu. Based in Port Elizabeth.

Devine Mahara

Cape Town
Divine Mahara is a singer-songwriter fusing folk, Afropop, Americana and Zimbabwean tradition, and won Zimbabwe’s Got Talent in 2014. Based in Cape Town.

Digital Sangoma

Cape Town
Digital Sangoma is the African beats project of sound engineer and producer Mandi, mixing kwaito, house and Afrobeats with synths. Based in Cape Town.

Dino Miranda

Mozambique
Dino Miranda is an Afro jazz singer-songwriter who won a 2009 Mozambican Music Award for his debut album Moya Wa Kaya. Based in Mozambique.

Dragonfly

Cape Town
Dragonfly is a jazz band ranging from easy listening to Be Bop and African jazz, with performances at the BMW Gala dinners of 2013 and 2014. Based in Cape Town.

Dumza Maswana

Johannesburg
Dumza Maswana is a singer and songwriter whose song Nguye, from the album Iphupha Lam, topped the Umhlobo Wenene charts. Based in Johannesburg.

Eddy Kenzo

Uganda
Eddy Kenzo is a Ugandan singer whose 2014 single Sitya Loss went viral, and the first East African artist to win a BET Award.

Elani

Kenya
Elani are a Kenyan pop trio from Nairobi whose debut single Jana Usiku led to the album Barua ya Dunia and a collaboration with Chameleone.

Elo Zar

Johannesburg
Elo Zar is a Soweto-born singer mixing Shangaan electro, disco, funk and jazz, recently backed by an 8-piece at Sci-Bono in Newtown. Based in Johannesburg.

Ernie Smith

Johannesburg
Ernie Smith is a Durban-born jazz guitarist and singer shaped by Pat Metheny, George Benson and Jonathan Butler. Based in Johannesburg.

Esau Mwamwaya

Malawi
Esau Mwamwaya is a Malawian musician who sings in Chichewa and co-created The Very Best, with collaborators including M.I.A. and Vampire Weekend.

Ethnix Afro Jazz band

Johannesburg
Ethnix play light jazzy, African and contemporary classics on saxophone, violin and double bass for upmarket events. Based in Johannesburg.

Femi Koya

Johannesburg
Saxophonist | Vocalist | Composer | Afrobeat & Jazz Artist | World Music Performer

Fifi Afrika

Botswana
Fifi Afrika is the stage name of Mmadinare-born singer Kefilwe Mathake-Radovic, a cover artist tipped as the next big thing. Based in Botswana.

Freshly Ground

Cape Town
Freshly Ground is one of South Africa’s most celebrated bands, fusing Afro-pop, jazz, folk and soul, now fronted by Mbali Makhoba. Based in Cape Town.

Fusion Rhythm

Cape Town
Fusion Rhythm are a six-piece Afro jazz band formed in 2018, drawing on jazz, blues, soul and Afrobeats. Based in Cape Town.

Ghorwane

Mozambique
Ghorwane are a Mozambican marrabenta band founded in 1983 and named by President Samora Machel, singing in Shangaan, Ronga and Chope.

Heels over Head

Durban
Heels over Head are an all-female jazz band of young professional musicians known for their stage presence and energy. Based in Durban.

Holly Rey

Johannesburg
Holly Rey is a SAMA-winning singer, songwriter and performer in South Africa’s house and Afro-house scene. Based in Johannesburg.

Hope Masike

Zimbabwe
Hope Masike is a Zimbabwean musician and dancer known as The Princess of Mbira, and the lead singer of the group Monoswezi.

Hot Stix Mabuse

Johannesburg
Sipho Hotstix Mabuse is a revered South African musician with close on 50 years of music behind him, from Carnegie Hall to Newtown. Based in Johannesburg.
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