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The 10 best albums of July 2023
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The 10 best albums of July 2023

Every month, PAM browses the pan-African scenes to offer a selection of ten fresh releases. To prolong the summer, dive into Nigeria’s musical heritage with Tony Allen and Ayo Manuel, take a detour to Beirut with Charife Megarbane and go crazy with DJ K.

The best Pan African Rap of 2023 (Q2)
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The best Pan African Rap of 2023 (Q2)

From Martinique to Ivory Coast, passing by Tanzania, PAM explores the pan-African rap scenes to offer a selection of 10 tracks from across the continent. Checkout the artists and sounds that have set the African rap world on fire this 2023. Find the full selection in our Pan African Rap playlist.

The 10 best albums of June 2023
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The 10 best albums of June 2023

Every month, PAM browses the pan-African scenes to offer a selection of ten fresh releases. This summer we’re soaking in Ammarae’s alté fountain, getting a crash course in Botswana’s Taa language and headbanging to Normal Nada’s meta-kuduro.

The 10 best albums of May 2023
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The 10 best albums of May 2023

Every month, PAM browses the pan-African scenes to offer a selection of ten fresh releases. This May we’re traveling with Fatoumata Diawara, celebrating touareg culture with the Tinariwen and exploring our feelings with Bongeziwe Mabandla.

PAM presents:  Ghassan el Hakim and the Kabareh Cheikhats
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PAM presents: Ghassan el Hakim and the Kabareh Cheikhats

This new episode in our Off the Map series takes you to Casablanca, behind the scenes of a musical theater company. Directed by Ghassan el Hakim, the film pays tribute to the sheikhats, popular singers of the past who practiced the Aita song.

Be ready, the Nyege Nyege festival is back in Paris!
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Be ready, the Nyege Nyege festival is back in Paris!

PAM and Le Point Fort d’Aubervilliers invite you to the second edition of the Nyege Nyege Festival on July 14th, you know the drill!

Le Guess Who? announces full curated programs by Heba Kadry, Nala Sinephro and more
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Le Guess Who? announces full curated programs by Heba Kadry, Nala Sinephro and more

The Utrecht festival announces the four guest curators for the 2023 edition as well as the first artists as part of the general line-up of the festival.

Stambeli, the spirits’ last dance: a PAM original documentary
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Stambeli, the spirits’ last dance: a PAM original documentary

Discover this three-part documentary series that pays tribute to a Tunisian ritual where music, dance and trance combine to liberate bodies and minds, tracing its traditional origins to sub-Saharan Africa and reinvented by a young guard of electronic musicians.