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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Bongo Maffin
Group · South Africa · formed 1996
South African kwaito music group
Timeline
2 events◆ Formed 1+ Member joins 1
1990s
· Member joins
Thandiswa Mazwai joins the band
lead vocals
source: musicbrainz
Biography
English biography83 words · 1 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1310094634
Biography
Bongo Maffin is a South African kwaito music group, formed by Zimbabwe-born DJ Jah Seed in Johannesburg in 1996. They released their first studio album, Leaders of D’Gong (1997), followed by The Concerto (1998), Bongolution (2001), and New Construction (2005). The four-member group consisted of Stoan 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.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 6 | 38.9th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 30 | 66.1th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
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Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Bongo Maffin head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 6 | 38.9th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 30 | 66.1th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thandiswa Mazwai | 1997 | present | lead vocals |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bongo_Maffin_Vienna-6.2008e.jpgcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q892422seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongo_Maffinbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongo_Maffin
Why this artist is in the database
- List of South African musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Manfred Werner - Tsui · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q892422 · MusicBrainz: 6a7d063f-b1d1-4237-bfef-f2473bc0222f
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