Artists

From the very beginning, Thandiswa Mazwai has always been at the forefront of change. Born in the rural homeland of Transkei, she grew up in Soweto during the '80s, as part of the “Soweto generation”, who witnessed the violent dismantling of apartheid and the growth of a free South Africa. read more

“The Brother’s sound is a tradition-trouncing trans-Atlantic Afro-centric futuristically ancient fusion that jack knifes between off-world spectral dub-metal, hyper rhythmic rock psychedelia, indie-township, and astro-afro-free-jazz. Taking a cue from that other “Brother From Another Planet” Sun Ra, they embrace a multi-genre, multimedia aesthetic, re-challenging hip-hop’s five pillars (MCing, DJing, B-boying, read more

The Mafik is a Tanzanian afropop band from Dar es Salaam which was established in 2018. They have already produced a string of popular hits, including Passenger, Sheba, Niwaze (ft Ruby), Dodo, Sio Mbaya ft Ben Pol, Nibebe and Bobo.

The Mafik have performed regularly across Tanzania, as read more

Moreira Chonguica is a celebrated jazz musician, originally from Mozambique. He [[[relocated to Cape Town to further his music studies where he ]]]graduated from the University of Cape Town's South African College of Music with a degree in Jazz Performance and an honors degree in Ethnomusicology in 2000. [[[Since his read more

For millennia the Nile has sowed lands of human, ecological, and cultural beauty. Weaving together Egyptian and Ethiopian modal systems, the polyrhythmic styles of Lake Victoria with the influence of the Mediterranean, patient melodies of the deserts and pointed melodies of the highlands, the river's 4,200 miles yield a wide read more

Inspired by Fela Anikulapo Kuti's Lagos club, The Shrine, and the rebirth of Afrobeat brought about by Fela's untimely death in 1997, the Shrine DJ Posse have been lobbing their lightning bolt of Afrosubversion into London nightlife for many years and their Rebel Music mission continues.

The Afrocentric Roots 'n' Digital read more