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3Music Awards
The 3Music Awards is an annual Ghanaian music awards scheme held in Accra, created by Sadiq Abu Abdullai under 3Media Networks and first presented in 2018.
4x4 (group)
4x4 was a Ghanaian hiplife group formed in the early 2000s by Captain Planet, Coded, and Fresh Prince, best known for the 2003 hit "Sikilitele".
5FM
5FM is a national Contemporary Hit Radio station for young South Africans aged 18 to 34, owned by the SABC and broadcasting from its Auckland Park headquarters in Johannesburg.
A Pass
A Pass (born Bagonza Alexander in 1989) is a Ugandan singer-songwriter from Kampala who works in reggae, dancehall, and Afrodancehall, known for "Wuuyo" and "Tuli Kubigere" and four studio albums.
Abidoza
Abidoza is the stage name of Amogelang Chabangu, a South African amapiano DJ and producer from Hammanskraal near Pretoria, known for the 2021 hit "Siyathandana" with Cassper Nyovest and Boohle.
Adama Paris
Adama Paris, born Adama Amanda Ndiaye, is a Senegalese fashion designer based in Dakar and Paris who founded her label and Dakar Fashion Week in 2002.
African Queen (music)
"African Queen" is a 2004 love ballad by Nigerian singer 2Face Idibia from his debut album Face 2 Face, later named Billboard's greatest Afrobeats song.
Africultures
Africultures is a French non-profit association and media platform founded in 1997 to document and critique contemporary African cultures, publishing a website, a revue, and the magazine Afriscope.
Afro Nation
Afro Nation is an Afrobeats festival founded by Nigerian-born promoter SMADE and Obi Asika, first held in 2019 in Portimão, Portugal, and now called the world's biggest Afrobeats festival.
Afro-pop (Ghana)
Afro-pop is the Ghanaian strand of pop-Afrobeats, blending highlife melodies and rhythms with drum-machine Afrobeats; King Promise is its leading figure, and the Telecel Ghana Music Awards honor it with dedicated categories.
Afrocubism
AfroCubism is a group of Malian and Cuban musicians assembled by producer Nick Gold, whose self-titled 2010 album was nominated for a Grammy; it revives the 1996 idea that became Buena Vista Social Club.
AJAY of Buruklynboyz
AJAY is a Kenyan drill rapper from Buruburu, Nairobi, one half with Mr Right of the drill duo Buruklyn Boyz, whose 2020 single "Nairobi" broke through.
All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA)
The All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) is a pan-African music awards ceremony established in 2014 with the African Union Commission, hosted in cities including Lagos, Accra, and Dakar.
Alune Wade
Alune Wade, born Alioune Wade in 1978 in Dakar, is a Senegalese bassist, vocalist, and composer based near Paris who blends West African music, jazz, and Afrobeat.
Amaarae
Amaarae (Ama Serwah Genfi) is a Ghanaian-American singer and producer fusing R&B, afrobeats, and electronic pop, who broke through with the 2021 single "Sad Girlz Luv Money".
Amaju Pinnick
Amaju Pinnick is a Nigerian football administrator from Warri who led the Nigeria Football Federation from 2014 to 2022, also serving on the CAF Executive Committee and the FIFA Council.
Amakye Dede (musician)
Amakye Dede, born Daniel Amakye Dede in 1958 in Agogo, Ghana, is a highlife singer known as "Iron Boy" who formed the Apollo High Kings in 1980.
Amani
Amani, born Cecilia Wairimu in Thika, Kenya in 1980, is a Kenyan singer and songwriter who popularized the Kapuka style and won the 2009 MTV Africa Music Award for Best Female Artist.
Ami Faku
Ami Faku, born Amanda Faku in 1993 in Port Elizabeth, is a South African singer and songwriter from the Eastern Cape whose 2019 single 'Into Ingawe' went multi-platinum.
Amu
Amu, born Amukelani Tshawane, is a South African rapper and producer from Soweto who debuted in 1996, released The Life, Rap and Drama in 2003, and produced ProKid's acclaimed Heads & Tales.
Anderson Mário
Anderson Mário, born 1997, is an Angolan kizomba and R&B singer from Luanda who won Unitel Estrelas ao Palco in 2018; his 2020 single "Vai Dormir" became the most-listened Angolan song that year.
André-Marie Tala
André-Marie Tala is a Cameroonian singer-songwriter and guitarist, blind since age 15, who created tchamassi, pioneered bend-skin, and won a 1978 plagiarism suit against James Brown.
Angá Díaz
Angá Díaz, born Miguel Díaz Angá, was a Cuban conga drummer who played with Irakere and the Buena Vista Social Club circle until his death in 2006.
Annie-Flore Batchiellilys
Annie-Flore Batchiellilys is a Gabonese singer, composer, and acoustic guitarist born in 1967 in Tchibanga, known for adapting Bapunu traditional music and named a senator of Gabon's Transition in 2023.
Antenna (music)
Antenna is a 2012 song by Fuse ODG that peaked at number 7 on the UK Singles Chart. It pioneered the integration of Ghanaian Azonto rhythm into British mainstream pop culture.
Antibalas
Antibalas, Spanish for "bulletproof," is a Brooklyn-based Afrobeat big band formed in 1997 by Martín Perna, a leading carrier of the Fela Kuti lineage outside Nigeria.
Arrow Boy
Arrow Bwoy, born Ali Yusuf, is a Kenyan singer and songwriter from Huruma, Nairobi, whose Afropop, dancehall, and reggae blend broke through with 'Digi Digi' in 2017.
Ärsenik
Ärsenik is a French rap duo formed in Villiers-le-Bel in 1992 by the Congolese-origin brothers Lino and Calbo, best known for their 1998 double-gold debut album Quelques gouttes suffisent.
Arthur Mafokate (musician)
Arthur Mafokate, born Sello Arthur Mafokate, is a South African kwaito singer, producer, and record label owner who founded 999 Music in 1992 and boosted the careers of more than 50 artists, including Mandoza and Lira.
Asaph
Asaph, born Tafadzwa Tarukwana and also performing as Asaph Afrika, is an award-winning Zimbabwean hip hop artist from Bulawayo whose 2018 hit "Mambo" topped the ZiFM chart for over two months.