The composer and saxophonist died on March 2, at the age of 89. From the 1950s to today, he was one of the essential links in the history of jazz, of which he was perhaps the last adventurer.

The journalist Francis Dordor, author of the latest biography on the reggae icon, carefully documented and archived his meetings with the “Tuff Gong”. Interview.

The 4th film in the Off the Map series takes us to Lomé, following the footsteps of Noire Velours, a young singer who reclaims her differences and works to free herself from the challenges society’s silence perpetuates. A documentary by Elom 20ce, who is here to elaborate the story.     

Analog Africa reissues a selection of tracks by Ernesto Djédjé, hero of the Ivorian musical epic whose modern rise caused a sensation well beyond his country. Passed on far too early, Ernesto embodied the fusion of soul, funk, and the traditions of his beloved region.

Owing to the tenacity of their leader, Dan Satch, and the label Palenque Records, 50 years after their first album the famous Igbo highlife orchestra from eastern Nigeria is back with a new record.

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.

PAM presents Gidam (until the end), a film by Arthur Larie and Bastien Massa, shot in December 2021 in Sudan. It follows Enas, a young percussionist who accompanies the protests demanding the departure of the military from power.

Thirty-one years ago, Nelson Mandela walked out of the Victor Verster prison, where he had spent the last years of his detention, finally appearing before the eyes of the world. He was free, at last. […]