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African Music has been Promoted Greatly by these Artistes

In this article, we’ll introduce extraordinary artistes from the continent involved in the promotion of African Music. From various nations, communicating in various dialects and…

In this article, we’ll introduce extraordinary artistes from the continent involved in the promotion of African Music.

From various nations, communicating in various dialects and singing various sorts of music, we present to you the best 10 Biggest African Music Promoters.

E.T Mensah

Emmanuel Tettey Mensah was a Ghanaian highlife performer. He was viewed as the “Ruler of highlife “. He took his band (The tempos) to various African nations during this period and surprisingly engaged the then Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah.

Brief History:

• He played the saxophone, woodwind and trumpet fluidly.
• He was a pharmacist.

Lucky Dube


Lucky Dube hails from South-Africa, he is a reggae artiste and Rastafarian. He was South-Africa’s best reggae artiste. He created different tunes that were generally embraced by different individuals in various countries in Africa. However he is late, he stays one of Africa’s most prominent artist.

Brief History

• He recorded a sum of 22 albums.
• His family was poor.
• He cherished Horses.
• He never smoked nor drank Alcoholic drinks.

King Sunny Ade

King Sunny Ade

King Sunny Ade, is a Nigerian juju vocalist and multi-instrumentalist. He hails from Ondo state and the majority of his songs are prevalently in the Yoruba language.

His tunes are engaging as well as fundamentally loaded up with words of wisdom and have stayed applicable as the years progressed.

Brief History:

• He is of a Royal Family
• He is the first African to be named twice for a Grammy award (1983 and 1988).
• His music was included in a Hollywood film named “Winded”

Youssou N’ dour

Youssou N’dour is an award-winning Senegalese artiste and musician. Youssou is an artiste and writer whose astounding melodic abilities have brought huge loads of fans from various countries in the African landmass.

Brief history

• He made the 1998 FIFA World Cup signature tune.

• He is involved in politics.

• He won the Grammy award for best Contemporary world music collection.

• He loves football

Ali FakaToure

Ali FakaToure was a Malian vocalist and guitarist and one of Africa’s famous artists. He communicated in a few dialects and furthermore sang well indeed.

Brief history
• He is viewed as Mali’s most prominent performer.
• He was positioned 76th best guitarist ever by the roller magazine.

Brenda Fassie

Brenda Fassie was a South-African artiste and dancer. She was popularly called the “Queen of African Pop”. She was known for her dynamic voice and adaptability. Her melodies were embraced in South Africa, pushing her prominence past the region, and acquainting her with other lovers of music from different countries.

Brief history
• She was named after American artist Brenda Lee.
• She started singing at the youthful age of four

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Ladysmith Black Mambazo are a South African male choral gathering singing in the vocal styles of isicathamiya and mbube. They became worldwide known subsequent to singing with Paul Simon in 1986. The gathering was framed by Joseph shabalala in 1960 and has constantly stayed applicable.

Brief history
• They won the Grammy awards five times

Angelique Kidjo

Angelique Kidjo is a Beninese vocalist, lyricist and activist who is noted for her different and inventive music recordings.

Brief History:
• She has won numerous Grammy awards
• She is a graduate of law in Paris
• She is an activist

Miriam Makeba

Miriam Makeba otherwise called “Mama Africa” was a south-African artist, lyricist and activist. Miriam is viewed as the most well known female musician that Africa has ever produced.

Brief history
• She fought the apartheid government in South Africa
• She is a survivor of cancer.

Fela Kuti

Late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti
Late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti

FelaKuti was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist, artist and pioneer of the Afrobeat music. He was likewise an activist.

Brief history:

• Fela was the pioneer of Afrobeat.
• He wedded 27 spouses in a single day.

Sources: African Music Websites: EmpeNaija and HitRaw

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