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Terry G
Terry G, born Gabriel Oche Amanyi, is a Nigerian street-hop singer and producer whose chaotic hit 'Free Madness' defined the pangolo era of the late 2000s.
TG Omori
TG Omori, born ThankGod Omori and known as Boy Director, is a Nigerian music video director who became a leading Afrobeats visual voice from 2019, working with Olamide, Wizkid, and Asake.
Thandi Ntuli
Thandi Ntuli, born in 1987, is a South African jazz pianist, composer, and vocalist from Soshanguve, Pretoria, with four studio albums on her Ndlela Music label.
Thandiswa Mazwai (musician)
Thandiswa Mazwai, also billed as Thandiswa, is a South African singer and songwriter who led the kwaito group Bongo Maffin before a solo career from 2004; her album Sankofa won four SAMAs in 2025.
Thando Thabethe
Thando Thabethe is a South African radio host, actress, and businesswoman known for drive-time shows on 5FM and 947 and the Netflix How to Ruin Christmas films.
The Ben (musician)
The Ben, born Benjamin Mugisha, is a Rwandan R&B and pop singer who broke through in 2008 with "Amaso Ku Maso" and spent years in Chicago.
The Big Dudes
The Big Dudes were an early-1980s Johannesburg pop group that, with lead vocalist Brenda Fassie, released "Weekend Special" (1983), credited with beginning South African bubblegum.
The Bongo Hop avec Nidia Góngora
The Bongo Hop is the afro-Caribbean music project of French trumpeter Étienne Sevet, built with Colombian singer Nidia Góngora and based in Lyon, with four releases since 2016.
The Native
The Native is a Nigerian youth culture and music magazine based in Lagos and London, founded in 2016, that also runs the NATIVELAND festival and NATIVE Records.
The Walias Band
The Walias Band (Amharic: ዋሊያስ ባንድ) was an Ethiopian funk and jazz group formed in the early 1970s, best known as the Hilton Hotel house band in Addis Ababa.
Thembi Seete
Thembi Seete, born 1977, is a South African singer, presenter, and actress who rose with kwaito group Boom Shaka and later played Gladys in Gomora.
Theo Kgosinkwe
Theo Kgosinkwe (born 1973) is a South African singer and composer, best known as a member of the kwaito and Afro-pop group Mafikizolo since the mid-1990s.
TID
TID, the stage name of Khalid Mohamed, is a Tanzanian Bongo Flava singer born in Dar es Salaam in 1981, known for "Kiuno", "Nyota Yako", and "Zeze".
Tilahun Gessesse
Tilahun Gessesse (ጥላሁን ገሠሠ; also spelled Tlahoun Gessesse), known simply as "the Voice", was an Ethiopian singer who dominated the country's music for more than half a century.
Tizita
Tizita (Amharic ትዝታ, also transliterated tezeta) is one of the four main pentatonic modes of Ethiopian secular music and a beloved song form of longing and nostalgia, known internationally through Mulatu Astatke's Ethio-jazz.
TMK Wanaume
TMK Wanaume, also called Wanaume Family, is a Tanzanian hip-hop and bongo flava collective from Temeke, Dar es Salaam, founded in 2002 and led by rapper Juma Nature.
Tokollo Tshabalala
Tokollo 'Magesh' Tshabalala (1976–2022) was a South African kwaito artist and founding member of TKZee, known for the hits Phalafala and Shibobo; he died at 45 after an epileptic seizure.
Trace Awards
The Trace Awards are a pan-African music awards ceremony and festival created by Trace, first held in Kigali, Rwanda, in 2023 for the platform's 20th anniversary.
Trio Da Kali
Trio Da Kali is a trio of Malian griot musicians, voice, balafon, and bass ngoni, formed in 2012 and best known for the 2017 album Ladilikan with the Kronos Quartet.
Trompies
Trompies are a South African kwaito group from Soweto formed in the mid-1990s, known for hits like "Magasman" and "Madibuseng" and for co-founding the Kalawa Jazmee label.
Truth Nightclub
Truth Nightclub is a multi-floor electronic-music nightclub in Midrand, Johannesburg, opened in 1999 inside a former snake park, with five dancefloors and a capacity of 4,500.
Trybesmen
Trybesmen was a Nigerian hip-hop trio formed in Lagos in 1998, regarded as foundational to modern Nigerian hip-hop with their 1999 debut album L.A.G Style Volume 1.
Tumi and the Volume
Tumi and the Volume was a live hip hop band from Johannesburg, fronted by Tumi Molekane (now Stogie T), formed in 2002 and split in 2012.
TurnTable Charts
TurnTable Charts is a Nigerian music chart publication co-founded by Similoluwa Adegoke and Ayomide Oriowo in 2020, whose flagship TurnTable Nigeria Top 100 combines streaming and airplay data.
Twice as Tall
Twice as Tall is the fifth studio album by Nigerian singer Burna Boy, released in August 2020 and winner of Best Global Music Album at the 2021 Grammys.
Tyler ICU
Tyler ICU, born Austin Kulani Baloyi, is a South African amapiano producer and DJ from Tembisa, Johannesburg, best known as co-creator of the 2023 hit "Mnike".
UMHLOBO WENENE FM
Umhlobo Wenene FM (UWFM), meaning 'True Friend' in isiXhosa, is an SABC public radio station in Gqeberha broadcasting in isiXhosa to about 4.2 million weekly listeners.
Uncle Waffles
Uncle Waffles, born Lungelihle Zwane in 2000, is an Eswatini-born DJ and producer who became an early figurehead of amapiano, going viral in 2021 and topping charts with "Tanzania".
Universal Music Group Nigeria (record label)
Universal Music Group Nigeria is the Nigerian division of Universal Music Group, launched from Lagos in 2018 and led since 2025 by Don Jazzy and Tega Oghenejobo.
Vector (musician)
Vector tha Viper, born Olanrewaju Ogunmefun, is a Nigerian rapper from Lagos, known for the 2015 Headies hit "King Kong" and his 2019 feud with M.I Abaga.