PAM gets you to discover a first excerpt from the documentary film series Paris c’est l’Afrique (“Paris is Africa”) that French journalist Philippe Conrath directed in… 1989! Here, Manu relates his professional debut in Paris. […]

PAM pays tribute to Manu Dibango, who left us one year ago, on 24 March 2020. The musician, a generous pioneer, has built bridges between Africa and the rest of the world. A look back at the first chapters of his fantastic novel-like life.

Following the success of his debut track ‘Kwele’, French artist and producer James BKS releases ‘New Breed’ with an animated video. The first artist signed to Idris Elba’s label 7Wallace, James BKS’ ‘New Breed’ comes as he works on […]

  Cameroonian sax icon Manu Dibango’s 1982 LP Waka Juju is being reissued via Soul Makossa this winter. Originally released on CRC Records, Waka Juju mixes influences from afrobeat, highlife and jazz-funk across 6 tracks. After receiving world attention with the release […]

The Cameroonian artist delivered a soothing performance of forthcoming Roseaux track “Kaät”, to be released on their projet Roseaux II. After releasing his 1958 album earlier this year, a tribute to independentist national hero Ruben Um Nyobè, the hyperactive artist […]

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 […]