• Source: 2020 in African music

The following is a list of events and releases that happened in 2020 in African music.




Events


18 March - It is announced that Cameroonian musician Manu Dibango has tested positive for coronavirus.
21 March - The Tenor Foundation for Culture launches an initiative, in collaboration with the Moroccan Philharmonic Orchestra (OPM), the International School of Music and Dance (EIDM), and the Mazaya Sociocultural Program, to stream live concerts to viewers in Morocco.
30 June - Ethiopia's internet is taken down by the government amid unrest brought about by the shooting of musician and political activist Hachalu Hundessa.
25 December - Nigerian singers Yemi Alade and Naira Marley make their acting debut in the film Omo Ghetto: The Saga, released on this date.




Albums released in 2020






Classical


Michael Blake
Mémoriale, for large symphony orchestra
Nattlige Toner/Night Music (film score, arranged for violin and harp)




Musical films


LOUD, starring Sophie Alakija and Eucharia Anunobi
Lady Buckit and the Motley Mopsters (animation), with music by DJ Klem and Ava Momoh




Deaths


January 19 - Allah Thérèse, age unknown, Ivorian traditional singer
February 1 - Kofi B, age unknown, Ghanaian highlife musician (heart attack)
February 9 - Abdel Aziz El Mubarak, 69, Sudanese singer (pneumonia)
February 11 - Joseph Shabalala, 78, South African musician (Ladysmith Black Mambazo).
February 12 - Victor Olaiya, 89, Nigerian highlife trumpeter
February 15 - Prince Kudakwashe Musarurwa, 31, Zimbabwean Afro Jazz singer, songwriter, producer and musician
February 16 - Erickson Le Zulu, 41 Ivorian disc jockey and singer
February 17 - Kizito Mihigo, 38, Rwandan gospel singer.
March 18 - Kenneth Kafui, age unknown, Ghanaian composer
March 19 - Aurlus Mabélé, 66, Congolese singer and composer, the "King of Soukous"
March 24 - Manu Dibango, 86, Cameroonian musician and saxophonist (COVID-19)
April 5 - DJ Miller (Virgile Karuranga), 29, Rwandan DJ and musician (stroke)
April 7 - Hudeydi, 91, Somali musician
April 14
Akin Euba, 84, Nigerian composer, musicologist, and pianist
Kasongo wa Kanema, 73, Congolese musician (Orchestra Super Mazembe).
April 30 – Tony Allen, 79, Nigerian drummer, composer and songwriter (abdominal aortic aneurysm)
May 22 – Mory Kanté, 70, Guinean singer and musician
June 1 – Majek Fashek, 57, Nigerian reggae singer and songwriter
June 12
Dodo Doris, 71, Congolese musician (Orchestra Super Mazembe)
Claude Ndam, 65, Cameroonian singer-songwriter
June 14 – Mama Nguéa, 60, Cameroonian singer (diabetes)
June 15
Omondi Long'lilo, 37, Kenyan Benga musician (cancer)
Nana Tuffour, 66, Ghanaian highlife singer
June 23 – Xabiiba Cabdilaahi, 58, Djiboutian singer
June 29 – Hachalu Hundessa, 34, Ethiopian singer-songwriter (shot)
July 10 – Cosmas Magaya, 67, Zimbabwean mbira musician (COVID-19)
August 27 – Meridjo Belobi, 67, Congolese drummer, former member of Zaïko Langa Langa and inventor of Cavacha
September 21 – Hamdi Benani, 77, Algerian singer and violinist
October 18 – Naâma, 86, Tunisian singer
November 19 – Mshoza, 37, South African kwaito singer




See also


2020 in music




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