2016 in African music

See also: Timeline of musical events

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

• Burna Boy — Redemption[6]
• Louise Carver - Hanging in the Void[7]
• Kiss Daniel - New Era[6]
• Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Walking in the Footsteps of Our Fathers[8]
• Ahmed Soultan - Music Has No Boundaries

Classical

Alfred P. Addaquay - Laudatur Christus

Musical films

Deaths

• April 24 – Papa Wemba, Congolese singer and musician, 66
• June 22 – Harry Rabinowitz, South African-born British conductor and composer, 100[9]
• September 8 – Johan Botha, South African tenor, 51[10]
• October 10 – Issa Bagayogo, Malian musician, 54[11]
• November 9 – Nico Carstens, South African accordionist and songwriter, 90[12]

See also

• 2016 in music

References

1. "Dbanj opens up on why he married secretly". Premium Times. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
2. "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.
3. Michael Billington (14 October 2016). "A Man of Good Hope review – exhilarating musical tale of a Somali refugee". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
4. "African Stars To Honour King Sunny Ade, Others At AFRIMA". newsbreak.ng. 20 October 2016. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
5. Akan, Joey (1 December 2016). "Music legend gets inducted into Hard Rock hall of fame". pulse.ng. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
6. "Notable Nigerian albums of 2016". Music Africa. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
7. "Louise Carver - Hanging in the Void". Gallo Record Company. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
8. "Walking in the Footsteps of Our Fathers". Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
9. Dave Laing (2016-06-23). "Harry Rabinowitz obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
10. Zachary Woolfe (2016-09-09). "Johan Botha, Operatic Tenor in Difficult Roles, Dies at 51". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
11. "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.
12. "Accordion Maestro Nico Carstens Dies". Channel 24. 2016-11-02.