Mbaqanga Playlist

Mbaqanga — Mbaqanga is a style of South African music that emerged in the early 1960s in the urban townships, particularly around Johannesburg.

🔒 The top 10 are this genre's must-play anthems — the biggest hits no DJ leaves out — so they stay pinned. Tap 🔀 and everything from #11 down refreshes into a fresh mix (from a pool of 146).

1. Imbizo — Phuzekhemisi
2. Usathane Simehlulile — Soul Brothers
3. Amathang' Amancane — Izingane Zoma
4. Dissan na m'bera — Super Mama Djombo
5. Madan — Salif Keita
6. Yègellé Tezeta — Mulatu Astatke
7. Loumo — Ba Cissoko
8. Cha Cha — Mulatu Astatke / The Heliocentrics
9. Intaba Zokhahlamba (feat. Shenge Wasehlalankosi & Mjolisi) — Mphathiwohlelo MC
10. Paris (feat. Lwah Ndlunkulu) — MTHANDENI SK
11. Emnete — Mulatu Astatke
12. Nga Nga — Ebo Taylor
13. Marie-Louise — Wendo Kolosoy
14. Ngikheth' utshwala (feat. Shenge wasehlalankosi) — Mahostela 97
15. Mouhamadou Bamba — Orchestra Baobab
16. Mouna — Amadou & Mariam
17. Ordem do dia — Super Mama Djombo
18. Kuluna / Gangs — Staff Benda Bilili
19. Bassekou — Bassekou Kouyate
20. Wamnika Kanjani — Menzi
21. Mbote Ya Pamba — Kekele
22. Lulla — Tinariwen
23. Osali Mabe — Staff Benda Bilili
24. Jin-Go-Lo-Ba (Jin-Go-Low-Bah) — Olatunji
25. Ngisebenzile Mama — Mfaz' Omnyama
26. Ingoina Le Nyathi — Intombi Zephepha
27. Kungo Sogoni — Na Hawa Doumbia
28. Africa — Ketama
29. Nyem Obi Gi — Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe
30. Maphuthi — The Mgababa Queens
31. Because of Money — The 3rd Generation Band
32. Abay Mado / Imbwa Belew — Mahmoud Ahmed
33. Kéléfaba — Ba Cissoko
34. Nawa — Orchestre Baka Gbiné
35. Boulez Boulez — Orchestre Baka Gbiné
36. Loodo — Baaba Maal
37. Leydi - Ma — Baaba Maal
38. Thul'ulalele — Amaswazi Emvelo
39. Ngicabange Ngaqeda — Mahlathini Nezintombi Zomgqashiyo
40. Qhwayilahle — Moses Mchunu
41. Mbabula (Live) — Koffi Olomidé
42. Ochea Special — Paulson Kalu Afrikhanah and His Stars 25
43. Darkness — Edzayawa
44. Belema — Opotopo
45. Kwa Mfazi Onge Mama — Mahlathini
46. Daavi Loloto — E.T. Mensah
47. Gbomei Adesai — The Psychedelic Aliens
48. Sungura — Samba Mapangala & Orchestra Virunga
49. Jabulani Balaleli (Part 2) — Amaqawe Omculo
50. Sini Lindile — Nganeziyamfisa No Khambalomvaleliso
51. Julie la Petite — Mose Se 'Fan Fan'
52. Marie Kembo — Sam Mangwana
53. Gbe Keke Wo Taoc — The Psychedelic Aliens
54. When You Come Back — Vusi Mahlasela
55. Sikhwele — Aba-Lilizeli
56. Saro — Bassekou Kouyate
57. Napesi Yo Mbongo (Rumba Lingala) [Congo] — Wendo Kolosoy
58. Ghana-Guinea-Mali — E.T. Mensah
59. Motako — Fidel Sax Bateke
60. A Dunya — Etran Finatawa
61. Eddie Quansa — Peacocks Guiter Band
62. Happy Survival — Eddie Okwedy
63. Woza Zoxolisa — Mahlathini
64. Omohupa — The Otarus
65. Mimba — Les Mangalepa
66. Cheick Oumar Bah — Toumani Diabaté
67. Isiphiwo — Soul Brothers
68. Power to the People — Geraldo Pino
69. Musamuseka — Rikki Ililonga
70. Jiji — Orchestra Super Mazembe
71. Isip 2 — Etubom Rex Williams and His Nigerian Artistes
72. Aiye Le — Olufemi Ajasa
73. Atawurulign Lela — Mahmoud Ahmed
74. Koma Mosi — The Harbours Band
75. Jojo Yalah Jo (I Lost My Wife) — S. E. Rogie
76. Sabu Yerkoy — Ali Farka Toure
77. Stella — Prince Nico Mbarga & Rocafil Jazz Intl. Band
78. Tete Muo Bu Muo — Tony Tete Harbor
79. African Soldier — Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
80. Mr J.S. Mpanza — Lucky Strike Sisters
81. Umaqondana(The Perfect One) — Shabalala Rhythm
82. Yayoroba — Sorry Bamba
83. Onwu Ama Dike — St. Augustine and His Rovers Dance Band
84. A la Memoria del Meurto — Fruko Y Sus Tesos
85. Nilindeni — Soul Brothers
86. Ayamma — The Anambra Beats
87. Goye Kur — Ali Farka Toure
88. Amalinja — The Don Isaac Ezekiel Combination
89. Bili — Kanda Bongo Man
90. Monie — Kanda Bongo Man
91. The Coffee Cola Song — Francis Bebey
92. Ojele Woman — Ikenga Super Stars Of Africa
93. Nandipo — Pierre Akendengue
94. Thuma Mina Baba — Shwi No Mtekhala
95. Torri Wowo — Godwin Ezike and The Ambassadors
96. Kanti Wena Wenzani(What Did You Do to Me)(Featuring: Khanyo Maphumulo) — Shabalala Rhythm
97. Adwoa — Gyedu-Blay Ambolley
98. Rekpete — Hedzoleh Soundz
99. Don't Take Her Away From Me — BLO
100. Eguae Oba — Osayomore Joseph

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