2017 in African music

See also: Timeline of musical events

Events

• January 2 - The annual Kaapse Klopse minstrel festival takes place in Cape Town.
• February 24-25 - "Ultra South Africa" festival is held in Cape Town and Johannesburg, headlined by Dash Berlin, David Guetta and KSHMR.^[1]
• March 13 - The 30th anniversary of the death of Nigerian organist and composer Fela Sowande is marked by an article by Godwin Sadoh.^[2]
• July 5 - The grave of George Wilberforce Kakoma, composer of the Ugandan National anthem, is reported to have been vandalised and the composer's body stolen.^[3]
• September 5 - Mauritanian singer and politician Malouma Mint El Meidah is placed under house arrest by the government, following an investigation into "economic crimes".^[4]

Albums

• D'banj - King Don Come
• Fally Ipupa - Tokooos
• Johnny Clegg - King of Time
• Janet Manyowa - Grateful^[5]
• Ike Moriz - Gold Rush^[6]
• Spoek Mathambo - Mzansi Beat Code
• Maurice Louca, Maryam Saleh & Tamer Abu Ghazaleh - Lekhfa^[7]
• TUKS Camerata - Indodana^[8]
• Youssou N'Dour - Seeni Valeurs
• Orchestra Baobab - Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng^[9]

Classical

• Amr Okba - "Lonely, I Am Lonely"^[10]

Musical films

• Lotanna, starring Liz Benson and Jide Kosoko^[11]

Deaths

• January 16 - William Onyeabor, 70, Nigerian musician and businessman^[12]
• August 11 - Segun Bucknor, 71, Nigerian musician (complications from multiple strokes)^[13]
• September 2 - Halim El-Dabh, 96, Egyptian composer and ethnomusicologist^[14]
• December 1 - Maelé [es], 59, Equatorial Guinean singer^[15]

See also

• 2017 in music