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Bands and Artists
Bagayogo, Issa, Kanda Bongo Man, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Mbassi, Coco, N'Dour, Youssou, Nimo, Koo, Wemba, Papa, Zawose, Hukwe, Anzanga Marimba Ensemble, Samite, Voices Of Africa
Highlife
Essiet, Chief Udoh, Mensah, E.T., Highlife Music, Highlife Soundzone, TAP: Highlife Music
Juju
Ade, King Sunny, Dairo, I.K., Afropop: Juju, AMG: Juju, Nigeria Arts: Juju
Organizations
International Library of African Music, Kunzwana Trust, Madunia African Music, Mbira, Music Africa
Radio
African Radio on the Internet, AfricMusic, Afro-Dicia, Radio Africa
Soukous
Dibala, Diblo, MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music: Soukous, Soukous Radio
Afribeat
South African based music and arts site. Reviews, artist profiles, and film and music festivals.
Africa Sounds
Focuses on music from Central and West Africa. Includes articles on styles, top performers, new music albums, and United States concert listings.
African Hip Hop
Platform for information and discussion on hip hop from the African continent. News, reviews, downloads amd music store.
African Music Archive
Focuses primarily on contemporary music. Includes projects and a directory of links. [English/German]
African Music Encyclopedia
African music styles and musicians worldwide, listing of music stores, bookstore, and links.
African Music Hub
The hub of the African Music Discussion Group and the African Music Webring with information on how to join the group.
African Music Network
Information on African music and artists, with select song downloads and videos. Requires free membership to access most content.
African Music WebRing
List sites or join the ring.
African Music WebRing
Ring of sites featuring information about the music of the African Diaspora.
Afro-Caribbean Music Guide
African musicians by style, label, country, instrument, and year. Biographies, audio samples, lyrics, articles, and links.
Afropop Worldwide
Database of articles on African music and musicians searchable by artist, style, and country. Includes radio shows, reviews and interviews, and a glossary.
AllAfrica.com: Music Top News
Newsfeed source for news and reports on music in Africa. [English/French]
CAMA: Explore African Music
Jukeboxes playing African styles and samples of traditional instruments.
Columbia University: Music of Africa
Annotated directory of links.
Dandemutande
Worldwide resource for Zimbabwean music includes e-zine, calendar of concerts and festivals, and database of performers, teachers, instrument makers, vendors, and websites.
East African Music
Descriptions of Kenyan and Tanzanian popular music, discographies, audio files, and a profile of Samba Mapangala and Orchestra Virunga with audio samples.
Frank Bessem's Musiques d'Afrique
Popular urban music of Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Senegal and Congo. Includes artist profiles, reviews, and a schedule of festivals in Europe.
Gateway of Africa
Musicians listed by country and style. Includes biographies, discographies, worldwide concert listings, and links.
Highlife Piccadilly
African music released on 45 rpm records in the United Kingdom between 1954 and 1981.
Music in Eastern and Central Africa
Article by Muttu Mondiya Mama about Congolese and East African musicians and their music.
Musique d'Afrique.
African pop music selections available in streaming audio and through download in Real Audio.
Nigeria-Arts.Net - Music
Musical styles and profiles of artists.
NTAMA - Journal for African Music and Popular Cult
Articles, reviews, recent releases, events in Germany, and obituaries.
Recordiversity
Information and images about collectable records, with the emphasis on seven-inch singles from Africa.
Roots World: African Music
Includes artist profiles, articles, reviews, and audio samples.
South of the Sahara: African Music
Stanford University's annotated guide to African music sites.
Swahili Music Portal
MP3s of historical recordings fusing traditional and pop and jazz influences.
The African Tradition
Covering the roots of African-American music and influences, including audio samples of early African music.
The Leopard Man's Guide to African Music
Biographies, discographies, and reviews of African artists and bands. [English/Norwegian]
World Music: African Music in Australasia
Includes history, instruments, musicians categorized by country and style, and interviews [Flash].
Yahoo Groups: African Music
Mailing list established in 1995, open to all. [Requires free membership]
Zimbabwe Music Guide
Chimurenga, jit, rhumba, sungura, soukous music and musicians. Includes profiles, discographies, audio samples, guitar tablature, listing of record labels and music stores, and links.