{"id":6689,"date":"2023-01-16T12:40:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T11:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africafestival.org\/?post_type=archiv&p=6689"},"modified":"2025-08-05T10:57:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T08:57:45","slug":"all-bands","status":"publish","type":"archiv","link":"https:\/\/www.africafestival.org\/en\/archive\/all-bands\/","title":{"rendered":"All Bands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The following bands and musicians have performed<\/strong>
at the International Africa Festival in the last 34 years<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A<\/strong>
Abacush – Jamaica (1992)
Ace Tee – Afro-Germany (2018)
Acoustic Africa (2013)
Abdul Tee-Jay & Rokoto – Sierra Leone (1990)
Adama Yalomba – Mali (2003, 2008)
Addys D\u00b4Mercedes – Cuba (2002, 2004)
Adesa – Ghana (1989, 1990, 2001)
Adjiri Odamatey – Ghana (2010, 2015,2021)
Afel Bocoum – Mali (2006)
Africa Manza – Senegal\/Cameroon (1989)
Africa Soli – Guinea (1989, 1998)
African Boyz – Ghana (2003)
African Dope Sound System – South Africa (2005)
Africando – Senegal (2001)
Afrob – Afro-Germany (2001)
Afrocubism – Mali\/Cuba (2012)
Afrodynamix – Senegal\/Austria (2003)
Aicha Kon\u00e9 – Ivory Coast (1993)
Akapoma – Ghana (1989)
Akiyo – Caribbean (1997)
Aline de Lima – Brazil (2007)
Alpha Blondy & The Solar System – Ivory Coast (1992, 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018)
Alsarah & the Nubatones – Sudan (2018)
Ami Warning – Caribbean island Aruba (2015, 2016, 2018, 2022)
Amira Kheir – Sudan (2022)
Amadou & Mariam – Mali (1999)
Amadou Kienou & Foteban – Burkina Faso (2006)
Andy Brown & The Storm – Zimbabwe (2000)
Andy Palacio (\u2020) & The Garifuna Collective – Belize (2007)
Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo – Benin (1992, 1996, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2018, 2022)
Ano Neko – Ivory Coast (2002)
Asa – Nigeria (2008)
Asere & Toto la Momposina – Cuba (1999)
Assane Thiam & Tama Band Dakar – Senegal (2017)
Atongo Zimba – Ghana (2006)
Audrey Motaung & Grace – South Africa (1990)
Aur\u00e9lio & the Garifuna soul band – Honduras (2012)
Awa Ly – Senegal (2017, 2021, 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B<\/strong>
Ba Cissoko Trio – Guinea (2001, 2007)
Baaba Maal – Senegal (1999)
Badenya & les Fr\u00e9res Coulibaly – Burkina Faso (2003)
Bafing Kul – Mali (2009)
Balu & Borumba – Kongo (2025)
Bantu & Afrobeat Academy – Nigeria\/Germany (2006)
Bassekou Kouyat\u00e9 & Ngoni Ba – Mali (2013)
Bebey Prince Bissongo – Burkina Faso (2012)
Bellemou Messaud – Algeria (1993)
Belo – Haiti (2011)
Bideew Bou Bess – Senegal (2000)
Biboul Darouiche & Soleil Bantu – Cameroon (2013, 2014)
Black Umfolosi – Zimbabwe (1993)
Bob Maghrib – Gnawa (2015)
Bongo Maffin – South Africa (2004)
Boubacar Traor\u00e9 – Mali (1997, 2005, 2008)
Boukan Ginen – Haiti (1995)
Brothers & Sisters Keepers – Afro-Germany (2002)
Brother Resistance – Trinidad (1999)
Buba Jammeh – the Gambia (1992)
Buju Banton – Jamaica (1997)
Busi Mhlongo\u00a0(\u2020) & Twasa – South Africa (1994, 1999, 2004)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C<\/strong>
Calypso Rose – Trinidad (2011, 2014)
Camagwini – South Africa (2009)
Candela (2011)
Caribbean Brass International – Aruba (1999, 2000, 2011)
Carlou D – Senegal (2010)
C\u00e9lia Mara – Brazil (2007)
Ceuzany – Cape Verde Islands (2023)
Cheb Bilal – Algeria (2003)
Cheb Mami – Algeria (2003)
Cheb Moumen – Algeria (1990)
Cheikh L\u00f4 – Senegal (2014)
Chi Kale – Ghana (1994)
Chiwoniso (\u2020) – Zimbabwe (1999, 2007, 2010)
Clube do Balanco – Brazil (2007)
Cocco M\u00b4Bassi – Cameroon (1997)
Compagnie Sokan – Burkina Faso (2008)
Conexion Latina – Cuba\/Puerto Rico (2002)
Corey Harris – Afro-America (2005)
Cuba Vista – Cuba (2011, 2016, 2021)
Cuban Beats All Stars – Cuba (2016)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

D<\/strong>
Daara J – Senegal (1998, 2000, 2001, 2005)
Daara J Family – Senegal (2011, 2018)
Dady Mimbo – Kamerun (2010)
Damba Kouat\u00e9 & Hanna Diabat\u00e9 – Senegal (1991)
Damian Marley – Jamaica (1997)
David Walters – St. Kitts (2011)
Debademba – Burkina Faso (2014)
Dell\u00e9 & Band – Ghana\/Germany(2010, 2017)
Dino D’Santiago – Cape Verde Islands (2017)
Diely Moussa Kouyate – Guinea (2008)
Dissidenten und Mohamed Mounir – Egypt (2015)
Djamel Laroussi – Algeria (2010)
Dobet Gnahor\u00e9 – Ivory Coast (2010, 2018)
Driss El Maloumi – Morocco (2015)
Dub Incorporation – International (2007)
Dudu Tucci & Band – Brazil (1993)
Dunjab\u00e9l\u00e9 – Guinea-Bissau (1989)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

E<\/strong>
El\u00e9y\u00f3 – Cuba (2002)
Emanuel Jal – Sudan (2006)
Erik Aliana – Cameroon (2014)
Espirito do Danca Brasil – Brazil (2007)
Eneida Marta – Guinea-Bissau (2017)
Elida Almeida – Cape Verde Islands (2017, 2023, 2025)
Eusebia – Madagascar (2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F<\/strong>
Faada Freddy – Senegal (2017, 2023, 2025)
Fafa Ruffino – Benin (2017, 2022)
Famoudou Konat\u00e9 – Guinea (1993, 2002)
Fania – Senegal (2005)
Fantcha – Cape Verde Islands (2012)
Farafina – Burkina Faso (1995, 2025)
Fatala – Guinea (1990)
Fatoumata Diawara – Mali (2010, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018)
Faudel – Algeria (2002)
Femi Kuti – Nigeria (1998,2006)
Fetsum – Egypt (2013)
FM Laeti – Guadeloupe (2013, 2014)
Fola Dada – Afrogermany (2025)
Freshlyground – South Africa (2007, 2010)
Freundeskreis – Afro-Germany (2000)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

G<\/strong>
Gangb\u00e9 Brass Band – Benin (2018, 2025)
Gainde & Ebraima Jobarteh – West Africa (1994)
Garifuna Collective – Belize (2014)
Gasandji – Democratic Republic of\u00a0 the Congo (2014)
Gentleman – Germany\/Jamaica (2002, 2005, 2011)
Gladys Mwachiti – Kenya (2025)
Gnawa Diffusion – Algeria (1998)
Gnawa Halwa – Morocco (1996)
Guem & Band – Algeria (1994, 2001, 2005)
Guinea Music All Stars – Guinea (2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

H<\/strong>
Habib Koit\u00e9 & Bamada – Mali (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2022, 2025)
Headcornerstone – Afro-Germany (2004)
Herv\u00e9 Samb – Senegal (2023)
Hot Water – South Africa (2016, 2018)
Houssaine Kili – Morocco (2002)
Hugh Masekela\u00a0(\u2020 2018) – South Africa (2000, 2008, 2016)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I<\/strong>
Illegals – Afro-Germany (1992, 1993)
Intik – Algeria (2001)
Ismael Isaac – Ivory Coast (1994, 2002)
Inna Modja –  Mali (2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J<\/strong>
Jahcoustix – Afro-Germany (2004, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Jah Sesco – Afro-Germany (2007)
Jam Ak Jam – Senegal (2006)
Jaqee – Uganda (2011, 2013, 2023)
Jimmy Dludlu – South Africa (2002)
JISR\/\/Br\u00fccke – Marokko (2021)
Joy Denalane & Guests – Afro-Germany (2002)
Juanita Euka – Congo (2023)
Julian Marley – Jamaica (1997, 2005, 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

K<\/strong>
K 2 R Riddim – International (2000)
Kadda Cherif Hadria – Algeria (1999)
Kady Diarra – Burkina Faso (2011)
Kaissa Doumbe – Cameroon (2004)
Kalango – Afro-Germany (1992)
Kali – Martinique (1995)
Kamel El Harrachi – Algeria (2009)
Kana – Mauritius (2005, 2009)
Kandy Guira – Burkina Faso (2023)
Kan\u00b4nida – Guadeloupe (1997)
Karyna Gomes – Guinea-Bissau (2016)
Kassav – Guadeloupe (1999, 2005)
K\u00e9k\u00e9l\u00e9 – Congo (2009)
Khadja Nin – Burundi (2002)
Khaled – Algeria (1994, 1998, 2009)
King Mensah – Togo (2006)
Klaus Doldinger – Germany (2008, 2009, 2015)
Klub Kartell pres. Dell\u00e9, Ganjaman, Jahcoustix & Sebastian Sturm – Afro-Germany (2018)
Kojo Antwi – Ghana (2006)
Kora Jazz Trio – Senegal (2012)
Kreyol Syndikat – Martinique\/Guadeloupe (1999)
Kwani Experience – South Africa (2010)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L
<\/strong>La Caravane du Maghreb – Morocco (2014)
La Familia Valeria Miranda – Cuba (1999)
La Dame Blanche – Cuba (2016)
L\u00e1gb\u00e1j\u00e1 \u2013 Nigeria (2002)
Lamine Kont\u00e9 – Senegal (1991)
Laye Sow – Senegal (2005)
Layori – Nigeria (2010)
Lebo – South Africa (2013, 2016)
Leila Akinyi – Kenya (2019, 2022)
Leni Stern’s African Trio – Germany\/Mali (2013, 2016)
Le Super Cayor – Senegal (1998)
Leo\u00b4s Den – Afro-Germany (2004, 2005, 2008, 2012)
Les Boukakes – Tunisia (2006)
Les Coquines – Brazil\/Togo\/Cameroon (1993)
Les Espoirs de Coronthie – Guinea (2010)
Les Go de Koteba – Ivory Coast (2000)
Les Tambours de Brazza – Congo (1997, 2008)
Lindigo – La R\u00e9union (2014)
Lira – South Africa (2010, 2015)
Living Spirits – South Africa (1995)
Lobi Traor\u00e9 – Mali (1996)
Lokua Kanza – Congo (1994, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2016, 2018, 2023)
L\u00facia de Carvalho – Angola (2022)
Lucky Dube (\u2020 2007) – South Africa (1995,1998, 2004)
Lucky Peterson – Afro-America (2005)
Ludmila Mercer\u00f3n – Cuba (2023)
Lulendo – Angola (2006)
Luma & So do Samba – Brazil (2007)
Lura – Cape Verde Islands (2007, 2016, 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M<\/strong>
Madeira Limpia – Cuba (2005)
Madosini – South Africa (2009)
Maga Daan – Senegal (2000)
Mahmoud Fadl & Cairo Sonic – Egypt (2004)
Makwehru – South Africa (1995)
Malaika Kanza – Democratic Republic of the Congo (2014)
Malick Path\u00e9 Sow & Bao Sissoko – Senegal (2013)
Malika Zarra – Morocco (2015)
Mam Bambe – Senegal (2002)
Mamadou Diabat\u00e9\u2019s Percussion Mania – Burkina Faso (2012)
Mamady Keita – Guinea (2009)
Mama Loca – Afro-Germany (1993)
Mangrove Steel Band – Trinidad (2011)
Manou Gallo – Ivory Coast (2004)
Manu Dibango & The Soul Makossa Band – Cameroon (1995, 1998, 2006, 2013, 2018)
Manu Dibango & The Maraboutik Big Band – Cameroon (2008)
Maracatu – Brazil (1998)
Marema – Senegal (2015, 2017, 2022)
Marhaba – Niger (2003)
Mariama – Sierra Leone (2018, 2021)
Mariana Ramos – Cape Verde Islands (2010)
Mariem Hassan & Leyoad – Western Sahara (2004)
Maristela – Brazil (1992)
Marl\u00e9ne Dorcena – Haiti (2002)
Marlene Johnson & House of Riddim – Afro-Germany (2007)
Marley`s Ghost – Afro Germany (2023, 2025)
Martin Jondo – Afro-Germany (2007)
Matona & The Zanzibar Taarab Orchestra – Zanzibar (2015)
Max Wild – Zimbabwe (2010)
Mayra Andrade – Cape Verde Islands (2006, 2014)
Melane & Band – Congo (2023, 2025)
Mellow Mark – Afro- Germany (2003, 2005, 2010, 2017)
Mellow Maroc – Deutschland\/Morocco (2010)
Metal Sound – Martinique (1996)
Mi Oso Es Mi Kas – Surinam (1997)
Minyeshu – Ethiopia (2004, 2009, 2015)
Miriam Makeba\u00a0(\u2020) – South Africa (1996, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2006)
Mo’ Kalamity & The Wizards – International (2007, 2015)
Moh! Kouyate & Special Guest Mariama – Guinea (2015)
Mohatella Queens – South Africa (2001)
Modou Seck – Senegal (2012)
Morena Son – Cuba (2004)
Mounawar – Comoros (2014)
Moussa Ndiaye – Senegal (2017)
Mounira Mitchala – Tschad (2009)
Mpho & Uvimba – South Africa (2008)
Mzekezeke – South Africa (2004)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

N<\/strong>
Nathalie Natiemb\u00e9 – Reunion (2007)
Nancy Vieira – Cape Verde Islands (2013)
Namvula – Zambia (2015)
Nder & Le Setsima Group – Senegal (2001)
Neco Novellas – Mozambique (2008)
Netsayi – Zimbabwe (2007)
Neuza – Cape Verde Islands (2014)
N’Gewel Saf Sap – Senegal (1989, 1991)
Nikis Kindermusik – Germany (2023)
Nimba – West Africa (1990)
Nina Ogot – Kenya (2023)
Njava – Madagascar (1998)
Nkulee Dube – South Africa (2011, 2022)
Nneka – Nigeria (2006, 2009, 2016)
Nomfusi – South Africa (2023)
Nomsa – South Africa (2014)
Nosliw & One Drop – Afro-Germany (2004)
Nosliw& The Feueralarm Band – Afro-Germany(2008)
Novissi – Togo (1998)
Ntjam Rosie – Cameroon (2013)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O<\/strong>
Oliver Mtukudzi – Zimbabwe (2003)
Olivier Tshimanga (2016)
Omar – Afro-England (2005)
Omar Ka & Fula Band – Senegal (2001)
Omar Pene – Senegal (2007, 2012, 2025)
Orchestre National de Barbes – Algeria (1998, 2009)
Orishas – Cuba (2000)
Osain Del Monte – Cuba (2016)
Orissa-Orixa – Afro-Germany (1992)
Orquesta Mercadonegro – Cuba and Colombia (2018)
Osibisa – Ghana (2004)
Otentikk Street Brothers – Mauritius (2007)
Oum – Morocco (2015)
Oumou Sangare – Mali (2009)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

P<\/strong>
Papa Wemba – Congo (\u2020) (1993, 1996, 2001, 2011)
Papa Julius & Zion Nexus – Ghana (2015)
Pape & Cheikh – Senegal (2000)
Paris Salsa All Stars – Cuba \/Venezuela (2003)
Patrice – Germany\/Jamaica (2001, 2018, 2022)
Pee Froiss – Senegal (2003)
Percussion de Pun\u00e9 – Afro-Germany (1992)
Percussions de Guin\u00e9e – Guinea (1992)
Positive Black Soul – Senegal (1999, 2003)
Prophets of da City – South Africa (2002)
Puente Latino – Cuba (2019)
Pupkulies & Rebecca feat. Tibau – Germany\/Cape Verde Islands (2014, 2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q<\/strong>
Queen Omega – Trinidad (2005)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

R<\/strong>
Rai-Express – Algeria (1989)
Raina Rai – Algeria (1992)
Ras Sheehama – Namibia (1999)
Ra\u00fal Paz – Cuba (2005, 2011, 2016, 2025)
Reality – Caribbean (1991)
Ringo – South Africa (1999)
Rita Marley – Jamaica (2005)
Rokia Traor\u00e9 – Mali (1998)
Roman Bunka & the Shamandura Project – Germany\/North Africa (2012, 2015)
Romi Anauel & the Soldiers of Ra – Angola (2013)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S<\/strong>
Salif Keita – Mali (1997, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saliou Cissokho & Friends (2021)
Sally Nyolo & Band – Cameroon (1996)
Salsa Mania – Puerto Rico\/Cuba (2003)
Sam Mtukudzi – Zimbabwe (2010)
Sara Tavares – Cape Verde Islands (2001, 2009, 2012)
Saraba – the Gambia\/Senegal\/Ghana\/Jamaica (1991)
Sawt el Atlas – Morocco (1997)
Sebastian Sturm & Jin Jin Band – Afro-Germany (2007, 2012)
Seeed – Afro-Germany (2001)
S\u00e9kou – Afro-Germany (2001)
S\u00e9n\u00e9mali – Senegal\/Mali (1989, 1990)
Senny Camara – Senegal (2023)
Seydu – Sierra Leone (2002)
Shishani & The Afro Namibian Tales – Namibia (2015)
Sia Tolno – Guinea (2012)
Si\u00e2n Pottok (2025)
Sisters – Afro-Germany (2005)
Sister Fa – Senegal (2017)
Siti & The Band – Zanzibar (2022)
Ska Cubano – Great Britain\/Cuba (2011)
Smod – Mali (2011)
So Kalmery – Congo (2002)
Sona Diabat\u00e9 – Guinea (1996)
Sona Jobarteh \u2013 the Gambia (2012, 2018, 2023)
Stan Tohon & Le Tchink-System – Benin (1994)
Stella Chiweshe – Zimbabwe (1992)
Stephen Marley – Jamaica (2012)
Suge – Guinea (2002)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

T<\/strong>
Takana Zion – Guinea (2010)
Takeifa – Senegal (2017)
Tam Tam Madame – Afro-Germany (1992)
Tamikrest – Mali (2013)
Tanbou B\u00f4 Kannal – Martinique (1996)
Tambours de Brazza – Congo (2008)
Tartit – Mali (2003)
Tcheka – Cape Verde Islands ( 2008, 2012)
Tchetelli – Togo (2000, 2002)
Tchico & The Soukous Machine – Congo (1991, 1992)
Thabil\u00e9 \u2013 South Africa (2019, 2023)
Thandiswa Mazwai – South Africa (2009)
The Jolly Boys – Jamaica (2014)
The Mahotella Queens – South Afriac (2001)
Tidal Waves – South Africa (2010)
Tidawt – Niger (2003)
Tiken Jah Fakoly – Ivory Coast (2001, 2006, 2016)
Tonton David – Reunion (2003)
Toto La Momposina – Columbia (1999)
Toumast – Niger (2008)
Tour\u00e9 Kunda – Senegal (2009)
Treesha – Kenya (2022, 2025)
Tropical Alianca – Aruba (2005)
Tropical Brass Band – Antilles (2001)
Tumi and the Volume – South Africa (2009)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U<\/strong>
Uwe Banton – Afro-Germany (2005, 2013)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

V
<\/strong>Valeri\u00e9 Ekoum\u00e8 – Cameroon (2016, 2022)
Victor D\u00e9m\u00e9 – Burkina Faso (2009)
Vieux Farka Tour\u00e9 – Mali (2008)
Vitamin X – Ghana (2006)
Viviane N\u00b4Dour – Senegal (2000)
Vusi Mahlasela – South Africa (2004, 2010)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

W<\/strong>
Wafir – Sudan (2004)
Wagner Pa – Brazil (2002)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wally Warning – Aruba (2012, 2015,2021)
Wanlov The Kubolor – Ghana (2011)
Winyo – Kenia (2011)
Wally Seck – Senegal (2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Y<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Y\u2019akoto – Germany\/Ghana (2012, 2014)
Yarima Blanco y Son Latino – Cuba (2025)
Yelemba – Ivory Coast (2000, 2005)
Youssou N\u00b4Dour – Senegal (1994, 1998, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2013)
Yuba – Guinea\/Cameroon\/Senegal (1997)
Yunasi – Tanzania (2003)
Yusa – Cuba (2003)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Z<\/strong>
Zenzi Lee – South Afric (2006)
Ziyaduma – South Africa (2010)
Zola – South Africa (2002)
Zulemax – Santiago de Cuba (2016)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6683,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"class_list":["post-6689","archiv","type-archiv","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlights-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africafestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/archiv\/6689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africafestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/archiv"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africafestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/archiv"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.africafestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/archiv\/6689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39455,"href":"https:\/\/www.africafestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/archiv\/6689\/revisions\/39455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africafestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africafestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africafestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}