Youssou’s heartwarming classic released in 1984 is a 34 minute love letter to his Senagalese roots from his new home in Paris.

As we head back to school in 2023, get your energy up with Deena Abdelwahed’s post-club music, AUNTY RAYZOR’s incendiary flow and Yussef Dayes’ contagious groove.

PAM revisits the timeless classic Né la thiass from Burkina-born singer and songwriter Chiekh Lô, produced by the one and only Youssou N’Dour and a pillar from the golden era of African music. 

For the third and final in our series on classic albums recorded in Paris in the eighties and nineties during the first coming of “world music” we consider Le Voyageur by Papa Wemba.

The futuristic Senegalese artist continues his exploration of the worlds from the capital city in constant mutation, which he named “Neo Dakar”. For PAM, he breaks down his approach and tells us about his love of all things fusion.

In celebration of Salif Keita’s seminal album, Soro, via a conversation with it’s producer François Bréant.

From awkward presidential entrances to prize winning soundtracks, music has scored the iconic film festival that brings together filmmakers from across the continent and diaspora since its inception in 1969.

PAM is pleased to present a new episode from the Paris c’est L’Afrique series (dir. Philippe Conrath, 1989) on our YouTube channel. Youssou N’Dour, Xalam, Touré Kunda, Doudou N’Diaye Rose, Omar Pène… from Dakar to Paris, they […]