2016 in African music

2016 in music
By location
Africa Asia Brazil Canada China Europe United Kingdom Ireland Japan Norway Philippines South Korea Sweden United States
By genre
classical country heavy metal hip hop jazz Latin opera rock
By topic
List of albums released

Events

June - D'banj secretly marries Lineo Didi Kilgrow.^[1]
September - Tsar Leo, "Malawi's Drake", is nominated in the 15th for his single, "The Other Side".^[2]
October - A Man of Good Hope, a musical by Isango Ensemble based on a book by Jonny Steinberg, is performed at the Young Vic in London, UK.^[3]
November - King Sunny Adé receives the AFRIMA award.^[4]
December - King Sunny Adé is inducted into Hard Rock Cafe hall of fame.^[5]

Albums

Ahmed Soultan - Music Has No Boundaries

Classical

Musical films

Deaths

April 24 – Papa Wemba, Congolese singer and musician, 66
June 22 – Harry Rabinowitz, South African-born British conductor and composer, 100^[6]
September 8 – Johan Botha, South African tenor, 51^[7]
October 10 – Issa Bagayogo, Malian musician, 54^[8]
November 9 – Nico Carstens, South African accordionist and songwriter, 90^[9]

See also

2016 in music

References

↑ "Dbanj opens up on why he married secretly". Premium Times. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
↑ "Tsar Leo's The Other Side queues for a world music award | Malawi 24 - All the latest Malawi news". Malawi 24. 2016-09-02. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
↑ Michael Billington (14 October 2016). "A Man of Good Hope review – exhilarating musical tale of a Somali refugee". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
↑ "African Stars To Honour King Sunny Ade, Others At AFRIMA". newsbreak.ng. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
↑ Akan, Joey (1 December 2016). "Music legend gets inducted into Hard Rock hall of fame". pulse.ng. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
↑ Dave Laing (2016-06-23). "Harry Rabinowitz obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
↑ Zachary Woolfe (2016-09-09). "Johan Botha, Operatic Tenor in Difficult Roles, Dies at 51". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
↑ "maliweb.net - La musique malienne en deuil : Issa Bagayogo dit Techno Issa tire sa révérence". maliweb.net (in French). 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
↑ "Accordion Maestro Nico Carstens Dies". Channel 24. 2016-11-02.

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