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Digital Indigenous 04, joyful electro sounds from Malawi
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Digital Indigenous 04, joyful electro sounds from Malawi

The fourth volume of the Digital Indigenous series highlights the work of Malawi talent DJ Kapwanthi, gathering his beat-style, high-energy sound in a 7-track opus, available April 4th.  Honoring African trailblazers in the eastern countries […]

Beja Power! and the ancient rhythms of Noori & His Dorpa Band
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Beja Power! and the ancient rhythms of Noori & His Dorpa Band

Anchored in the ancient and troubled history of the Beja people, Noori and His Dorpa Band use the Beja’s unknown melodies as an act of resistance for the historically marginalized group of Sudan’s Eastern Desert. 

Lojay, from Love & Attention to Gangster Romantic
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Lojay, from Love & Attention to Gangster Romantic

After making enormous strides since his 2017 debut, singer-songwriter Lekan Osifeso Jnr., more commonly known as Lojay, says he’s excited about how things are going to go for 2023. 

Juju’s cosmic jazz reissued by Strut Records
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Juju’s cosmic jazz reissued by Strut Records

A Message From Mozambique is a 50-year-old masterpiece, sublimed by Juju’s cosmic jazz and strong stances on Black liberation. 

Msaki x Tubatsi: Synthetic Hearts, organic sound
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Msaki x Tubatsi: Synthetic Hearts, organic sound

The South African vocal duo, joined by cellist Clément Petit, unveil an elegant and delicate collaborative album, intimately exploring the complexities of human relationships, the willingness to let go and the changing seasons. 

PAM Club DJ mixes now available on Apple Music
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PAM Club DJ mixes now available on Apple Music

Pan African Music’s weekly DJ mix series now has a limited selection available for stream on Apple Music via our new DJ portal.

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HISTORY
Julius Nyerere and the golden age of muziki wa dansi
History
Julius Nyerere and the golden age of muziki wa dansi

Julius Nyerere aka Mwalimu was a pan-Africanist icon with a taste for music. PAM recounts how Tanzania’s first president birthed the muziki wa dansi movement with state sponsored bands.

Haile Selassie I: Machiavellian ruler, hero of pan-Africanism
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Haile Selassie I: Machiavellian ruler, hero of pan‑Africanism

Haile Selassie I, emperor of Ethiopia and pan-African instigator, created an apocryphal personality and reign that has resonated into the reggae Rastafari and Africa’s modern political backdrop.

Miriam Makeba, and the fight goes on
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Miriam Makeba, and the fight goes on

90 years ago, the South African singer, who was to become “Mama Africa”, a Pan-African heroine, was born. The life of a woman who thought that the fight should never end.

Mahotella Queens, the crown jewels of mbaqanga
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Mahotella Queens, the crown jewels of mbaqanga

With a career spanning over fifty years, the Mahotella Queens brought mbaqanga music to a global audience, balancing an urban identity with traditional cultural practices.

Fela’s stories: Sorrow Tears and Blood
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Fela’s stories: Sorrow Tears and Blood

Binda Ngazolo, whose training owes a lot to Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s albums, revisits the meaning and context of some of his most remarkable songs. In Fela’s own words. Today, “Sorrow Tears and Blood”

Willy N’for’s movements, migration, and the geography of groove
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Willy N’for’s movements, migration, and the geography of groove

Musicians have always travelled. Willy N’for had all the necessary ingredients to want to travel, a troubled past, a complicated life, dexterity with the bass guitar, and an appetite for travelling on the interstellar grooves of funk, with dreams of jamming with giants.