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Onos Ariyo
Onos Ariyo, born Onoriode Ebiere Ariyo, is a Nigerian gospel singer from Delta State known for "Alagbara" and as the first gospel artist signed to Sony Music West Africa in 2024.
Orchestra Super Mazembe
Orchestra Super Mazembe was a Congolese rumba band formed in Zaire in the late 1960s and based in Nairobi, whose 1977 hit "Kassongo" became a regional anthem.
Orchestre Kiam
Orchestre Kiam was a Congolese dance orchestra of the 1970s in Kinshasa, Zaire, named after its patron Verckys Kiamuangana and known for the 1976 hit "Kamiki".
Orlando Stadium
Orlando Stadium is a multi-purpose football and concert stadium in Orlando East, Soweto, Johannesburg, opened in 1959 as Soweto's first stadium and the historic home ground of Orlando Pirates.
Oumou Sangaré
Oumou Sangaré is a Malian singer and songwriter, born in Bamako in 1968, who performs in the Wassoulou style and is one of Mali's biggest musical exports.
Oxlade
Oxlade is a Nigerian Afrobeats singer and songwriter, born Ikuforiji Olaitan Abdulrahman in Lagos, best known for the 2022 global hit "Ku Lo Sa" and the 2024 debut album Oxlade From Africa.
Pabi Cooper
Pabi Cooper, born Paballo Basetsana Mothapo in 2001, is a South African amapiano singer and dancer from Soshanguve, Pretoria, known for the 2021 platinum single "Isiphithiphithi".
Paedae
Paedae, born Faisal Hakeem and also recording as Omar Sterling, is a Ghanaian rapper from Tema who co-founded and leads the hip hop and hiplife duo R2Bees with his cousin Mugeez.
Papa Wemba
Papa Wemba, born Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba, was a Congolese singer known as the king of rumba rock, who died on stage in 2016.
Pape & Cheikh
Pape & Cheikh was a Senegalese acoustic guitar duo from Kaolack whose song 'Yatal Gueew' became the anthem of Senegal's 2001 elections; their album Mariama appeared in 2002.
Pape Diouf
Pape Diouf, born Pape Cheikh Diouf in 1973 in Dakar, is a Senegalese mbalax singer who leads La Génération Consciente and broke through with "Partir!" in 2004.
Passi
Passi (Passi Balende) is a French rapper of Congolese origin, born in 1972 in Brazzaville, a founding member of Ministère A.M.E.R. and a solo artist since 1997.
Patience Nyarko
Patience Nyarko is a Ghanaian gospel singer-songwriter from Accra known for Twi-language praise songs, best known for the 2017 single Obi Nyanime, which topped Ghana's national radio airplay chart.
Paul Kafeero
Paul Kafeero, also known as Paul Job Kafeero, was a Ugandan kadongo kamu singer-songwriter and guitarist whose narrative Luganda songs like Walumbe Zzaaya (1994) defined the genre.
Paulelson
Paulelson, stage name of Paulo Fernando Capitão and nicknamed Novo Messi, is an Angolan rapper and singer from Benguela whose music fuses trap, R&B, and Afrobeat.
Pentagone
Pentagone is an eleven-track, hour-long studio album by the Congolese soukous band Wenge Musica, recorded in Paris and released in 1996, the last before the band's 1997 split.
Pépé Kallé
Pépé Kallé, also written Pepe Kalle, was the stage name of a Congolese rumba and soukous singer who co-founded Empire Bakuba and died in 1998.
Peter Miles
Peter Miles, born Peter Kanyike, is a Ugandan reggae and dancehall artist from Entebbe, best known for his 2003 debut single "One Time"; he announced his retirement from music in 2026.
Phuzekhemisi
Phuzekhemisi, born Zibokwakhe Johnstone Mnyandu in 1963, is a South African maskandi singer and guitarist from KwaZulu-Natal, acclaimed as the King of maskandi, whose 1992 album Imbizo sold over 100,000 copies.
Pilipili
Pilipili, born Peter Gatonye Ngugi, is a Kenyan genge singer from Nairobi who rose on Calif Records in the mid-2000s with the hits 'Kamata Dame' with Jua Cali and 'Morale'.
Positive Black Soul (group)
Positive Black Soul is a Senegalese hip hop duo formed in Dakar in 1989 by Didier Awadi and Duggy Tee, whose 1995 album Salaam opened African rap's history.
Praise-singing tradition of Senegambian griottes
The praise-singing tradition of Senegambian griottes is the female practice of the West African griot caste, performing praise singing at weddings, naming ceremonies, and markets across Senegambia.
Prime Circle
Prime Circle is a multi-platinum South African rock band from Witbank, formed around 2000, with eight studio albums and extensive touring in Europe, especially Germany.
Prince Eyango
Prince Eyango, born Pierre Ndédi Eyango, is a Cameroonian makossa singer, guitarist, and producer, leader of Les Montagnards, whose 1987 hit "You must calculer" earned a Disque d'or.
Prince Indah
Prince Indah is the stage name of Evance Ochieng Owino, a Kenyan Ohangla and Afro-Rhumba singer from Siaya County mentored by his uncle Emma Jalamo.
Private school piano
Private school piano, also written Private School Amapiano, is a softer, jazz-inflected subgenre of South African amapiano house music, centered on producer Kelvin Momo and singer Babalwa M.
Professor (musician)
Professor, born Mkhonzeni Langa in 1978, is a South African kwaito singer and songwriter whose 2010 debut album University of Kalawa Jazmee produced the hit "Jezebel".
Professor Jay
Professor Jay, born Joseph Haule in 1975, is a Tanzanian rapper and founding figure of bongo flava who scored nationwide hits like "Zali la Mentali".
Prophets of Da City (group)
Prophets of Da City is a South African hip hop group formed in Cape Town in 1988 by Shaheen Ariefdien and Ready D, pioneers of multilingual rap.
Prospa Ochimana
Prospa Ochimana is a Nigerian gospel worship leader, songwriter, and producer based in Abuja, known across Africa and its diaspora for the Igbo-language worship anthem "Ekwueme", recorded with Osinachi Nwachukwu.