Some African & Jamaican Musicians

Toots Hibbert ~ 77 ~ Jamaican singer w/Toots and the Maytals ("Pressure Drop")

TOOTS & THE MAYTALS ~ "54-46 THAT'S MY NUMBER";


TOOTS & THE MAYTALS ~ "PRESSURE DROP";



TOOTS & THE MAYTALS ~ "FUNKY KINGSTON";


Lynford Hux Brown ~ 75 ~ Jamaican guitarist w/Jimmy Cliff, ("The Harder They Come"), Toots & the Maytals, the Melodians and Paul Simon

JIMMY CLIFF ~ "THE HARDER THEY COME";


Albert Griffiths - 74 - Jamaican reggae musician with 1960's Ska band The Gladiators

THE GLADIATORS ~ "JAH WORKS";


Joseph Shabalala ~ 78 ~ South African singer with Ladysmith Black Mambazo who sang on Paul Simon's "Graceland" album

LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO ~ "AMAZING GRACE";


LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO ~ "THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT";


PAUL SIMON & LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO ~ "DIAMONDS ON THE SOULS OF THEIR SHOES";


Tony Allen, 79, Nigerian drummer (Fela Kuti, The Good, the Bad & the Queen, Rocket Juice & the Moon)

FELA KUTI & EGYPT 80 ~ "BEAST OF NO BURDON";


Kofi B ~ Ghanaian highlife singer

KOFI B ~ "YAW DOMPRE";
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Prince Kudakwashe Musarurwa ~ 31 ~ Zimbabwean Afro-Jazz singer-songwriter
PRINCE K. MUSARURWA ~ "NYAMATSATSE";


Kizito Mihigo, 38, Rwandan gospel singer, organist and peace activist

KIZITO MIHIGO ~ "AMAHORO Y'IMINA";


Manu Dibango ~ 86 ~ Saxophonist with 1970's Cameroonian Afro Jazz group Soul Makossa

SOUL MAKOSSA;


John Nzenze ~ 80 ~ Kenyan Afro-Jazz singer/guitarist from the late 60's onward

JOHN NZENZE ~ "NI VIZURI KUO";


Hachalu Hundessa ~ 33 ~ Ethiopian pop singer (assassinated)

HACHALU HUNDESSA ~ "MALAAN JIRA!";


Bob Andy ~ 75 ~ Jamaican 1960's Reggae singer w/The Paragons ("The Tide Is High") and Bob & Marcia

THE PARAGONS ~ "THE TIDE IS HIGH";


Apple Gabriel ~ 68 ~ Jamaican reggae singer w/Israel Vibration

APPLE GABRIEL & ISRAEL VIBRATION ~ "WALK THE STREETS OF GLORY";


Delroy Washington ~ 67 ~ British-Jamaican reggae singer

DELROY WASHINGTON ~ "JAH WONDERFUL";