Artists

Uwaridi Band is a talented all-women group of passionate and energetic musicians. They play many instruments, including violin, accordion, tabla, cajon, ngoma, zeze, rimba, sanduku, vidumbaki, rika and percussions.

They preserve Zanzibar’s cultural heritage and help take it forwards by fusing traditional sounds with modern arrangements. Members of the band make read more

Award-winning songstress, Zoë Modiga was born and raised in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. The quintessential artist who represents the present and future of South African music.

Drawing from the human experience, identity, and storytelling, she creates a distinct sound to communicate a modern, evolving African story without losing its essence. As read more

We celebrate Obert Dube and his Pan African spirit. In recent years, he composed moving eulogies and tributes to African leaders including Kenneth Kaunda, John P. Magufuli and Samia S. Hassan and others, as seen rapidly gaining followers on YouTube.

Obert Dube was born in 1984 in rural Matabeleland, in the read more

Warriors from the East is an Afro-Fusion band based in Arusha. Their style of music is called “Nile blues,” named after blues music originating from African tribes such as the Maasai and Luo that lived along the banks of the River Nile. Their music comprises a mixture of Traditional African read more

Selmor Mtukudzi is a top-class musician from Zimbabwe. Her musical journey started at the age of 10 when her father, the late Zimbabwean superstar Oliver Mtukudzi, took her to her first studio recording session for the movie soundtrack, I Am The Future. She has won numerous awards in her home read more

Ben Pol is a leading Tanzanian artist and a fast-rising talent on the African music scene. His live performance skills combine top-notch vocal artistry with great stage presence and make his shows highly sought-after. An award-winning singer and songwriter and a gifted vocalist with a unique style of R&B, Ben read more