# 2024 in African music

The following is a list of events and releases that happened in 2024 in African music.

## Events

* January 15 – Qing Madi, OdumoduBlvck, Bloody Civilian, and Tyla are inducted into Apple Music's Rising Class of 2024.
* January 19 – Rwandan singer Bruce Melodie and his manager announce his investment in United Generation Basketball.
* February 4 – At the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, the Grammy Award for Best African Music Performance are awarded for the first time. Nominees are Asake & Olamide – "Amapiano"; Burna Boy – "City Boys"; Davido ft. Musa Keys – "Unavailable"; Ayra Starr – "Rush"; and Tyla – "Water" The winner of the African Music category is Tyla. Burna Boy, who is nominated for the Best Melodic Rap Performance, also performs live during the ceremony.
* March 23 – AFRIMA President Mike Dada announces the launch of BridgeAfric Southern Africa.
* June 25 – Davido, a year after confirming that he has married his partner, Chioma Rowland, holds a formal ceremony in Victoria Island, Lagos, attended by many prominent figures.
* November 4 – Rwandan-born singer, rapper and writer Gaël Faye is awarded the Prix Renaudot for his novel Jacaranda.
* November 7 – The Feather Awards winners, announced in Johannesburg, South Africa, include Zoë Modiga as Best Musician.

## Albums released in 2024

| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label |
| February 16 | Les Amazones d'Afrique | Musow Danse | Mande Music/Electropop | Real World Records |
| February 23 | Aziza Brahim | Mawja | | Glitterbeat |
| February 23 | The Soil | Reimagined | Kasi soul | |
| March 22 | Tyla | Tyla | amapiano and fusion of Western pop, hip hop and R&B | Fax and Epic Records |
| May 31 | Ayra Starr | The Year I Turned 21 | Afrobeats | RCA |
| June 7 | Tems | Born in the Wild | R&B and Afrobeats | Fantasy Records |
| August 9 | Asake | Lungu Boy | Afropiano and Afrofusion | |
| August 29 | Fireboy DML | Adedamola | Pop , Contemporary R&B and Afrobeats | |
| October 11 | Elaine (singer) | Stone Heart Cold | Contemporary R&B | |
| November 15 | Khuzani | Angidlali Nezingane | Maskandi | |
| November 22 | Wizkid | Morayo (album) | R&B , Afrobeats | |

## Deaths

* January 29 – Tony Cedras, 71, South African jazz musician
* February 21 – Getachew Kassa, 79, Ethiopian percussionist and singer
* March 3 – Félix Sabal Lecco, 64/5, Cameroonian drummer
* March 5 – Brahim Fribgane, Moroccan oud player and percussionist (death announced on this date)
* March 8 – Abdou Cherif, 52, Moroccan singer (heart attack)
* April 9 – Muluken Melesse, 65-70, Ethiopian singer and drummer
* April 21 – KODA, 45, Ghanaian gospel singer.
* May 1 – Hasna El-Bacharia, 74, Algerian singer and multi-instrumentalist
* May 5 – Belgacem Bouguenna, 61, Tunisian singer
* May 15 – Ahmed Piro, 92, Moroccan singer of Andalusi classical music
* May 29 – Mansour Seck, 69, Senegalese singer
* June 30 – Lucius Banda, 53, Malawian musician and former MP
* July 19 – Toumani Diabaté, 58, Malian kora player
* August 27 – Makaya Ntshoko, 84, South African jazz drummer
* September 6 (death announced) – Mapaputsi (Sandile Ngwenya), 45, South African Kwaito musician
* September 17 – Rise Kagona, 62, Zimbabwean musician (Bhundu Boys)
* October 2 – Arbogaste Mbella Ntone, 82, Cameroonian singer
* December 3 – Jan Bloukaas, 25, South African singer (brain cancer)
* December 7 – Steady Bongo, 58, Sierra Leonean musician and record producer (road accident)
* December 11 – Corinne Allal, 69, Tunisian-born Israeli rock musician and music producer (pancreatic cancer)
* December 13 – Koko Ateba, age unknown, Cameroonian singer and guitarist