2017 in African music

Events

 * January 2 - The annual Kaapse Klopse minstrel festival takes place in Cape Town.
 * February 24-25 - "Ultra South Africa" festival is held in Cape Town and Johannesburg, headlined by Dash Berlin, David Guetta and KSHMR.
 * March 13 - The 30th anniversary of the death of Nigerian organist and composer Fela Sowande is marked by an article by Godwin Sadoh.
 * July 5 - The grave of George Wilberforce Kakoma, composer of the Ugandan National anthem, is reported to have been vandalised and the composer's body stolen.
 * September 5 - Mauritanian singer and politician Malouma Mint El Meidah is placed under house arrest by the government, following an investigation into "economic crimes".

Albums

 * D'banj - King Don Come
 * Fally Ipupa - Tokooos
 * Johnny Clegg - King of Time
 * Janet Manyowa - Grateful
 * Ike Moriz - Gold Rush
 * Spoek Mathambo - Mzansi Beat Code
 * Maurice Louca, Maryam Saleh & Tamer Abu Ghazaleh - Lekhfa
 * TUKS Camerata - Indodana
 * Youssou N'Dour - Seeni Valeurs
 * Orchestra Baobab - Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng

Classical

 * Amr Okba - "Lonely, I Am Lonely"

Musical films

 * Lotanna, starring Liz Benson and Jide Kosoko

Deaths

 * January 16 - William Onyeabor, 70, Nigerian musician and businessman
 * August 11 - Segun Bucknor, 71, Nigerian musician (complications from multiple strokes)
 * September 2 - Halim El-Dabh, 96, Egyptian composer and ethnomusicologist
 * December 1 - Maelé, 59, Equatorial Guinean singer