The following is a list of events and releases that happened in 2025 in African music.
Events
Albums released
Deaths
- January 9 (date death announced) – Doc Shebeleza, 51, South African kwaito musician
- January 14 – Teddy Osei, 87, Ghanaian saxophone player, drummer and vocalist (Osibisa)
- March 13 – Yallunder, 30, South African afro-soul singer-songwriter
- April 4 – Amadou Bagayoko, 70, Malian musician (Amadou & Mariam)
- May 16 – Dada KD (Nana Kwakye Duah), 56, Ghanaian highlife musician
- May 25 – Foday Musa Suso, 75, Gambian musician and composer
- June 6 – "Gentleman" Mike Ejeagha, 95, Nigerian folklorist, highlife musician and songwriter
- June 13 – Louis Moholo, 85, South African jazz drummer (The Blue Notes, Brotherhood of Breath, Assagai)
- July 26 – Daddy Lumba, 60, Ghanaian highlife singer-songwriter
- August 13 – Rachid Ferhani, 80, Algerian Kabyle singer
- August 24 – Khaled Louma, 70, Algerian musician and radio presenter
- September 5 – Ras Sheehama, 59, Namibian reggae musician (suicide)
- October 6 – Ray's Kim Edm, 36, Chadian rapper
- October 8 – Pierre Moutouari, 75, Congolese singer
- October 21 – Achille Mouebo, 54, Congolese singer-songwriter
- November 3 (date death announced) – Akiin Shuga, 50, Nigerian singer
- November 12 – Bereket Mengisteab, 86/7, Eritrean singer, songwriter and composer
- November 25 – Biyouna, 73, Algerian singer and actress
- December 4 – Pops Mohamed, 75, South African multi-instrumentalist, jazz musician and producer
See also
References