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The best albums of November 2023
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The best albums of November 2023

This month, Ko-Jo Cue makes his comeback, Tkay Maidza chooses violence, followed by the sounds of Bamako on Sunday and gnawa rave music.

The “vulgar” icons of Egypt’s cassette culture
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The "vulgar" icons of Egypt’s cassette culture

Dive into the rise of audiocassettes and working class music, a combination that outsold any other music genre in 1970s Egypt through the likes of Ahmed Adaweya and Sheikh Imam.

PAM Meets: Queen Asher & Rehema Tajiri at La Magnifique Society
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PAM Meets: Queen Asher & Rehema Tajiri at La Magnifique Society

Director Marion Desmerat follows the singeli mother-daughter duo Queen Asher and Rehema Tajiri throughout the Magnifique Society Festival in Reims for a look inside the feminine energy of Tanzania’s fastest club music.

And through it all, Adomaa rises again
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And through it all, Adomaa rises again

PAM spoke with Adomaa, the Ghanaian-Nigerian alté singer and actress, on the release of Becoming Adomaa, an honest and vulnerable recounting of her journey through fame and the industry, from disillusion to salvation. Interview.

Crashing into Nigeria’s cruise beat generation
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Crashing into Nigeria’s cruise beat generation

Cruise beats is the new hyper-fast sound popping off in Lagos outskirts, going viral on TikTok with cheeky voice samples and providing the soundtrack to apartment parties and legwork dancers hunting for more bpms.

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5 albums to discover this week
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5 albums to discover this week

This week, international rap, fresh amapiano, flowy neo-soul, Trinibad dancehall, and life as an Accra youth. 

Tuning in to Nyege Nyege 2022
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Tuning in to Nyege Nyege 2022

PAM is on the ground at Nyege Nyege 2022 to give you the play-by-play on the world’s wildest party. Get deeper with more live glitter and chaos on Instagram and Facebook.

Peter Tosh: Legalizing the legacy of the other reggae icon
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Peter Tosh: Legalizing the legacy of the other reggae icon

Yin and Yang. Bob Marley and the Wailers embody for many the arrival of reggae into Western ears. Posterity often forgets the contribution of another revolutionary, original Wailer: Peter Tosh, assassinated on September 11, 1987.