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Sauti za Busara: raising the flag of culture in Zanzibar
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Sauti za Busara: raising the flag of culture in Zanzibar

The Zanzibari festival returns in 2024. Learn more about Sauti za Busara, which celebrates local cultures while welcoming the whole world.

PAM Meets: Queen Asher & Rehema Tajiri at La Magnifique Society
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PAM Meets: Queen Asher & Rehema Tajiri at La Magnifique Society

Director Marion Desmerat follows the singeli mother-daughter duo Queen Asher and Rehema Tajiri throughout the Magnifique Society Festival in Reims for a look inside the feminine energy of Tanzania’s fastest club music.

Exocé, Afro-cosmic art in motion
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Exocé, Afro‑cosmic art in motion

No-limit fashion designer, embodied performer and hybrid visual artist, Exocé feeds on the luminaries of Africa, like Fela or Sun Ra. Artist and messenger on a mission, he unfurls his Afro-cosmic universe at the Nyege Nyege Festival – Paris edition – this July 14.

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.

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Kyekyeku and Rocky Dawuni marry reggae and highlife
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Kyekyeku and Rocky Dawuni marry reggae and highlife

The two Ghanaians celebrate the beauty and strength of Africa in this song that preaches unity, blending the flow of reggaemen Rocky Dawuni and the highlife groove of guitarist-singer Kyekyeku. The video for “Africa till I die” is now released – a PAM premiere.

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.

The 10 best albums of April 2023
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The 10 best albums of April 2023

Every month, PAM browses the pan-African scenes to offer a selection of ten fresh releases.This April we’re dancing to DJ Danifox’s rhythms, vibing to Mau from Nowhere’s lyrics and time travelling with Les Abranis.

Bokani Dyer drops single “Move On” with a splendid live session
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Bokani Dyer drops single "Move On" with a splendid live session

Jazzman Bokani Dyer presents the live video for “Move On”, the third single from Radio Sechaba, a new album that showcases the colors of South Africa’s buzzing jazz scene.

Analog Africa honors Polibio Mayorga’s Andean cumbia
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Analog Africa honors Polibio Mayorga's Andean cumbia

Ecuatoriana : El universo paralelo de Polibio Mayorga is one of the cornerstones allowing Polibio Mayorga to be seen as a leader of andean cumbia, this fusion of futuristic sonorities and traditional andean rhythms.