Assagai has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 28 May 2015. Assagai's music has been featured on 11 episodes.

Assagai was a South African jazz-rock band, active in the early 1970s. It consisted of four members: Louis Moholo, Mongezi Feza, Fred Coker, and Dudu Pukwana. They recorded for the British label Vertigo Records.

Assagai's self-titled debut album was released in 1971. It was reissued in CD by Repertoire Records in 1994. Their second and final album, Zimbabwe, was released later in 1971. The album was re-released by Music for Pleasure label, but under a different title, AfroRock.

In the 1960s, Pukwana, Feza, and Moholo had played together as members of the jazz band The Blue Notes.