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A brief guide to hiplife
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A brief guide to hiplife

PAM takes you back to when Ghanaians were living the hiplife, a 1990s musical and generational craze which placed hip-hop verses in-between highlife guitar loops.

Sun Ra Arkestra meets Salah Ragab and the Cairo Jazz Band in new reissue
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Sun Ra Arkestra meets Salah Ragab and the Cairo Jazz Band in new reissue

Strut Records presents the final installment in their series of Sun Ra reissues with this new project recorded in Egypt in 1983.  Egyption percussionist Salah Ragab’s first interaction with Sun Ra was at a concert […]

Busi Mhlongo, South Africa’s urban punk king
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Busi Mhlongo, South Africa’s urban punk king

Writing about Busi Mhlongo is quite an emotional task and it’s this constant negotiation between language’s failure and the most optimistic part of me that absolutely needs to deliver the truth about Mhlongo’s importance in […]

Nervous Horizon Vol. 4: a summer trance made in East London 
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Nervous Horizon Vol. 4: a summer trance made in East London

It’s spring and Nervous Horizon reminds us of the good times of the English clubbing season. With part four of its compilation series, the East London label has put together thirteen tracks you will hear […]

PAM Club: OhjeeLo’s explosive blends
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PAM Club: OhjeeLo's explosive blends

Montpellier-based Guyanaian DJ, singer, and producer OhjeeLo is making a name for herself in the PAM Club with her fiery and at times unexpected mix of genres, where the Caribbean collides with club music from […]

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The violin, pulling on the heartstrings of Africa
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The violin, pulling on the heartstrings of Africa

The violin – in all its forms – undoubtably plays a major role in the music of the African continent. Here we present an overview of the stringed instrument, played by those who made it famous in the past, as well as those who celebrate its resonance today.

Women to listen to on March 8 (and every other day)
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Women to listen to on March 8 (and every other day)

For this International Women’s Day, PAM has compiled a playlist in which African or Afro-descendant women are the central characters. It is meant as a tribute to women, their struggles, as well as their past and future victories.

Miriam Makeba, and the fight goes on
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Miriam Makeba, and the fight goes on

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.