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The 25 best reissues of 2018
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The 25 best reissues of 2018

The year 2018 was a great year for the reissue of musical treasures from all over the continent. Here are our 25 most loved reissue albums of 2018. This list reflects ‘favourites’ albums that PAM […]

Fuse ODG opens up about music and politics in Africa
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Fuse ODG opens up about music and politics in Africa

Fuse ODG’s debut single “Antenna“, released in 2013 was the song of the year in Africa, London and mostly, every part of the world. It was the first time an African diaspora artist connected to a major […]

Interview with Nigerian Folk musician Beautiful Nubia
Interview
Interview with Nigerian Folk musician Beautiful Nubia

21 years after his breakout album, Seven Lives, Beautiful Nubia is still Nigeria’s best folk and roots musician. Beautiful Nubia (Segun Akinlolu) is a musician, composer, bandleader, songwriter and poet in Nigeria. He formed The Roots […]

Bonaventure’s DIY electronic music blending against all forms of oppression
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Bonaventure's DIY electronic music blending against all forms of oppression

Swiss/Congolese producer Soraya Lutangu tells us more about her last EP on Planet Mu, Mentor. After an acclaimed debut EP on PTP, Bonaventure released a new project on UK label Planet Mu. Mentor is a “homage to people whom inspire her, […]

Dope Saint Jude, a new queer Grrrl who redefines South Africa’s game
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Dope Saint Jude, a new queer Grrrl who redefines South Africa's game

South-African female rapper has just released her second EP, Resilient, and intends to impose her sharp flow beyond her hometown Cape Town. Catherine St Jude Pretorious aka Dope Saint Jude originates from Cape Town. After […]

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From the precocious child Pongo Love to the feline woman Pongo
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From the precocious child Pongo Love to the feline woman Pongo

With shortly cropped bleached hair, huge gold earrings, and shiny polished nails, 25-year-old Pongo is an impressive young woman. She doesn’t go unnoticed, even in the Intendente square, in the heart of a cosmopolitan Lisbon. […]

Skiibii: “I think I have grown to that level where I think I should have my own record label”
Interview
Skiibii: "I think I have grown to that level where I think I should have my own record label"

Nigerian singer opens up about his music and plans. Born Abbey Elias, Skiibii Mayana is a Nigerian popular singer, he was signed to Five Start Music in 2014 where he released a number of hit songs […]

Odunsi, the poster boy for the African sonic revolution coming from Lagos
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Odunsi, the poster boy for the African sonic revolution coming from Lagos

“You don’t need to conform directly to where you are from to do what you feel like doing.” Odunsi (The Engine) is the poster boy for the African sonic revolution coming from Lagos: Afrofusion. It […]

Maka: “The kind of music I make never die, no matter how many times you perform it”
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Maka: "The kind of music I make never die, no matter how many times you perform it"

Maka fuses elements of soul, hip hop, rap and jazz from Lagos. She is a soul singer and songwriter who quit her career as a Lawyer to pursue soul music professionally in a city and […]

Blinky Bill, trailblazer of the Kenyan urban scene
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Blinky Bill, trailblazer of the Kenyan urban scene

With his first solo album, Everyone’s Just Winging It And Other Fly Tales (Lusafrica/The Garden), DJ, rapper and producer Blinky Bill puts Kenyan modern music on the global map. PAM met him after his concert […]

‘Quebra Cabeça’ by Bixiga: São Paulo’s band integrates urban sounds into their afrobeat
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'Quebra Cabeça' by Bixiga: São Paulo's band integrates urban sounds into their afrobeat

For their 4th album, Quebra Cabeça, the Brazilian afrobeat big band bring forward more complexity to their musical puzzle and also welcome the electronic vibrations of the São Paulo megalopolis to the studio. May, 2016. Ten […]