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Yemi Alade: “Nigeria is like a sponge, it absorbs any sound.”
Interview
Yemi Alade: "Nigeria is like a sponge, it absorbs any sound."

A very productive singer now under contract with Universal, Nigeria-born Yemi Alade recently visited Paris. She had just released Woman of Steel, her 4th album. PAM met with the highly determined iron woman. Since her […]

Tribute to Franco, 30 years after his death
Article
Tribute to Franco, 30 years after his death

The giant of Congolese music passed away on October 12, 1989 in Brussels. It was thirty years ago. His music and his heritage have remained alive, more than ever. “De mi amor”. Among the many […]

Strut Records releases new compilation dedicated to sounds from the Indian Ocean
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Strut Records releases new compilation dedicated to sounds from the Indian Ocean

Celebrating the Malagasy National Holyday, Alefa Madagascar : Salegy, Soukous & Soul from the Red Island 1974 1984 references the cultural movements of salegy, soukous and soul-folk from Madagascar. Born in the fifteenth century, salegy was inspired from […]

When Africans sing of Africa, an introduction
Series
When Africans sing of Africa, an introduction

Pour démarrer en beauté, voici une toute première sélection où soufflent les vents d’Afrique.

Blick Bassy pays tribute to Cameroonian rebel fighter Ruben Um Nyobe on ‘Ngwa’ music video
Article
Blick Bassy pays tribute to Cameroonian rebel fighter Ruben Um Nyobe on 'Ngwa' music video

The video for “Ngwa” is inspired by the tragic end of the Cameroonian rebel fighter Ruben Um Nyobe, here transposed to Southern Africa’s great natural spaces. A tribute to his life, and to the seeds […]

Nakhane: the voice of an angel who beats his inner demons
Interview
Nakhane: the voice of an angel who beats his inner demons

Nakhane, 30 years old, has just released a unique album, mixing David Bowie’s pop, Marvin Gaye’s soul, church choirs and the house beats he’s been drowning to in clubs. Interview with a surprising artist whose […]

Orquesta Akokán: Cuba, From the Heart
Feature
Orquesta Akokán: Cuba, From the Heart

The orchestra, which brings together all-star Cuban and New York musicians, brilliantly resurrects the great era of mambo. Akokan means “from the heart” in Yoruba, a dominant African language throughout Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian cultures and […]

Seun Kuti: “Struggle sounds as the weapon of the future”
Interview
Seun Kuti: "Struggle sounds as the weapon of the future"

Last part of our three-part interview. Seun Kuti talks to PAM about two new songs on his recently released album, Black Times. The first, “Theory of Goat and Yam” evokes the rampant corruption in Nigeria, […]