Bongo Maffin

Bongo Maffin
Bongo Maffin perform onstage in Vienna in 2008
Bongo Maffin on stage in Vienna (2008)
Background information
OriginSouth Africa
GenresKwaito
Labels
Members
  • Jah Seed
  • Stoan Seate
  • Thandiswa Mazwai
  • Speedy

Bongo Maffin is a South African kwaito music group, formed by Zimbabwe-born DJ Jah Seed in Johannesburg in 1996.[1] They released their first studio album, Leaders of D’Gong (1997),[2] followed by The Concerto (1998), Bongolution (2001), and New Construction (2005). The four-member group consisted of Stone Seate, Jah Seed, Speedy, and lead vocalist Thandiswa Mazwai, who released her debut solo album, Zabalaza, in 2006, after the group split up. The group reunited in 2019 and released a new album, From Bongo With Love.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Bongo Maffin Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  2. ^ "Bongo Maffin – Leaders Of D'gong (1997, CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ^ "From Bongo with Love - Bongo Maffin | Release". AllMusic.
  4. ^ Mthembu, Sihle. "Bongo Maffin defining the intersection of South African music". City Press. Retrieved 2024-06-14.