History of music in South Africa
1600
The Khoi-Khoi developed the ramkie, a guitar with three or four strings, based on that of Malabar slaves. They used it to blend Khoi and Western folk songs.
1800
In a style similar to that of British marching military bands, coloured (mixed race) bands of musicians began parading through the streets of Cape Town in the early 1820s, a tradition that was given added impetus by the travelling minstrel shows of the 1880s. This tradition has continued to the present day with the great carnival held in Cape Town every New Year.
1900
The tradition of minstrelsy, joined with other forms, contributed to the development of isicathamiya. This music form had its first major hit this year with the song "Mbube", an adaptation of a traditional Zulu melody which has been recycled and reworked innumerable times since then, often known as "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". Many other bands, groups and individual artists' music was broadcasting od radios
2000
Many music genres emerged, including but not limited to House, Deep House, Kwaito, Gqcom, and Amapiano (most popular genre of South African Origin).