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This list of South African musicians includes notable individual musicians as well as musical ensembles whose members are South African by birth or nationality. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Also: South Africa: People: By occupation: Entertainers / People in arts occupations: Musicians Subcategories This category has the following 17 subcategories, out of 17 total.
The music of South Africa exhibits a culturally varied musical heritage in conjunction with the multi-ethnic populace.Genres with the greatest international recognition being mbube, isicathamiya, mbaqanga, afrofusion, kwaito, South African pop music, afro house, South African hip hop, Shangaan electro, bacardi house, bolo house, gqom and amapiano.
The first major South African singers to record in Afrikaans were Ada Forrest and Annie Visser, in 1908. [ 1 ] This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:20th-century South African musicians. It includes South African musicians that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
1] This is a list of South African composers, arranged in alphabetical order. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Reuben Tholakele Caluza (14 November 1895 – 5 March 1969) was a Zulu composer, educator, and significant figure in the development of African choral music and black popular music in South Africa. Known for blending traditional Zulu music with Western harmonic techniques like syncopation, his work modernized African music during the early 20th ...
Hugh Ramapolo Masekela (4 April 1939 – 23 January 2018) [1] was a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, singer and composer who was described as "the father of South African jazz". Masekela was known for his jazz compositions and for writing well-known anti-apartheid songs such as "Soweto Blues" and "Bring Him Back Home".