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.
Founded by Donia Shohdy in 2017, JellyZone is a party series at the core of Cairo’s underground music scene. Whether championing local genres like shaabi and mahraganat, or giving Marwan Pablo his first headline, solo show, Jellyzone is curating an experimental space for the future of Egyptian music.
PAM rounds up the hottest amapiano releases of 2023 from across the continent as the South African genre continues to produce global hits and garner vast influence.
Throughout its history Afrobeats has been piloted by those who run the decks, updating palettes and moving to the stage to bring the genre from boy band ballads to global acclaim.
PAM caught up with the rap sensation, songwriter and asakaa team member Reggie, telling the story behind the introduction of drill in Kumasi, aka Kumerica, his personal journey and latest project Most High.
PAM investigates the challenges African artists face when applying for a UK visa, finding a recurring general assessment: “it’s a nightmare”.
PAM rounds up the hottest amapiano releases of 2023 from across the continent as the South African genre continues to produce global hits and garner vast influence.
Discover a selection of buzzing new Ghanaian artists who are set to make their mark on 2023. These are artists who have made their mark locally and are ready to take the mainstream and shoot their shot on the global stage.
The South African jazz scene continues to be an exciting confluence of sounds from all over. From electronic music and classical, to Afro-folk and hip hop, this is our selection of the best Mzansi jazz of 2023 so far.
Check out this selection of hot new Nigerian artists who are going viral and taking the spotlight, writing hits, making names and set to make their mark on 2023.
Discover a selection of East Africa’s emerging R&B talents, from Kenya to Sudan, who are shaking things up in one of the region’s most creative scenes.
The Nigerian music scene keeps buzzing with stunning releases. PAM presents you the latest hits from Street-Pop and Afrobeats to superstars and up-and-comers. Dive into 2023’s hottest new Nigerian songs.
Founder of the JellyZone movement, A7ba-L-Jelly brings us a hybrid, futuristic PAM Club, a reflection of her eponymous parties. Coming from a jazz background, Donia Shohdy began organizing house parties in 2015, a pretext for […]
Driven by a passion for DJing for the past 4 years, Ka-raba channels the rave spirit of electronic music from Africa and the diaspora in a lively PAM Club! With Nigerian and Filipino roots, Katie […]
Founding member of the Mawimbi crew, Pouvoir Magique celebrates the release of its new single “Rakata Rakata” in a feel-good, dreamlike PAM Club. Since 2012, Clément Vincent aka Pouvoir Magique has been developing cinematic electronic […]
Lille-based Casablanca-born Omar EK has just released Reflets, his first electro-acoustic EP. Between two festivals, he recalls his summers in Morocco to offer us this selection as warm as it is personal. Following a more […]
A look into the life of the champion of Apala music, from his initial percussive introductions to the Yoruba-Muslim predecessor, to his major political hits for Oroki Social Club and founding of the first African record label, Haruna Ishola is Apala music.
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, 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.
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.
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.
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”
