2024 in African music

See also: Timeline of musical events

The following is a list of events and releases that happened in 2024 in African music.

Events

• January 15 – Qing Madi, OdumoduBlvck, Bloody Civilian, and Tyla are inducted into Apple Music's Rising Class of 2024.^[1]
• January 19 – Rwandan singer Bruce Melodie and his manager announce his investment in United Generation Basketball.^[2]
• February 4 – At the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, the Grammy Award for Best African Music Performance are awarded for the first time. Nominees are Asake & Olamide – "Amapiano"; Burna Boy – "City Boys"; Davido ft. Musa Keys – "Unavailable"; Ayra Starr – "Rush"; and Tyla – "Water"^[3] The winner of the African Music category is Tyla.^[4] Burna Boy, who is nominated for the Best Melodic Rap Performance, also performs live during the ceremony.^[5]
• March 23 – AFRIMA President Mike Dada announces the launch of BridgeAfric Southern Africa.^[6]
• June 25 – Davido, a year after confirming that he has married his partner, Chioma Rowland, holds a formal ceremony in Victoria Island, Lagos, attended by many prominent figures.^[7]
• November 4 – Rwandan-born singer, rapper and writer Gaël Faye is awarded the Prix Renaudot for his novel Jacaranda.^[8]
• November 7 – The Feather Awards winners, announced in Johannesburg, South Africa, include Zoë Modiga as Best Musician.^[9]

Albums released in 2024

Release date	Artist	Album	Genre	Label	Ref
February 16	Les Amazones d'Afrique	Musow Danse	Mande Music/Electropop	Real World Records	[10]
February 23	Aziza Brahim	Mawja		Glitterbeat	[11]
February 23	The Soil	Reimagined	Kasi soul		[12]
March 22	Tyla	Tyla	amapiano and fusion of Western pop, hip hop and R&B	Fax and Epic Records	[13][14]
May 31	Ayra Starr	The Year I Turned 21	Afrobeats	RCA	[15]
June 7	Tems	Born in the Wild	R&B and Afrobeats	Fantasy Records	[16]
August 9	Asake	Lungu Boy	Afropiano and Afrofusion
August 29	Fireboy DML	Adedamola	Pop , Contemporary R&B and Afrobeats
October 11	Elaine (singer)	Stone Heart Cold	Contemporary R&B
November 15	Khuzani	Angidlali Nezingane	Maskandi		[17]
November 22	Wizkid	Morayo (album)	R&B , Afrobeats

Deaths

• January 29 – Tony Cedras, 71, South African jazz musician^[18]
• February 21 – Getachew Kassa, 79, Ethiopian percussionist and singer^[19]
• March 3 – Félix Sabal Lecco, 64/5, Cameroonian drummer^[20]
• March 5 – Brahim Fribgane, Moroccan oud player and percussionist^[21] (death announced on this date)
• March 8 – Abdou Cherif, 52, Moroccan singer (heart attack)^[22]
• April 9 – Muluken Melesse, 65-70, Ethiopian singer and drummer^[23]
• April 21 – KODA, 45, Ghanaian gospel singer.^[24]
• May 1 – Hasna El-Bacharia, 74, Algerian singer and multi-instrumentalist^[25]
• May 5 – Belgacem Bouguenna, 61, Tunisian singer^[26]
• May 15 – Ahmed Piro, 92, Moroccan singer of Andalusi classical music^[27]
• May 29 – Mansour Seck, 69, Senegalese singer^[28]
• June 30 – Lucius Banda, 53, Malawian musician and former MP^[29]
• July 19 – Toumani Diabaté, 58, Malian kora player^[30]
• August 27 – Makaya Ntshoko, 84, South African jazz drummer^[31]
• September 6 (death announced) – Mapaputsi (Sandile Ngwenya), 45, South African Kwaito musician^[32]
• September 17 – Rise Kagona, 62, Zimbabwean musician (Bhundu Boys)^[33]
• October 2 – Arbogaste Mbella Ntone, 82, Cameroonian singer^[34]
• December 3 – Jan Bloukaas, 25, South African singer (brain cancer)^[35]
• December 7 – Steady Bongo, 58, Sierra Leonean musician and record producer (road accident)^[36]
• December 11 – Corinne Allal, 69, Tunisian-born Israeli rock musician and music producer (pancreatic cancer)^[37]
• December 13 – Koko Ateba, age unknown, Cameroonian singer and guitarist^[38]

See also

• 2024 in music