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Mdou Moctar’s Tuareg rock hits the road
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Mdou Moctar’s Tuareg rock hits the road

The Tuareg rock stars signed to Sahel Sounds announce an international tour via a live video from the banks of the Niger river beginning in North America this February. Mdou Moctar is once again packing […]

The best Nigerian trap of 2021
List / Guide
The best Nigerian trap of 2021

From Atlanta to Abuja, Nigeria has become a homestead for powerful trap music that clashes with the smoothed out mainstream the country is famous for.

Lovers Rock: when Sade reunited with her first love
Review
Lovers Rock: when Sade reunited with her first love

Twenty years ago, British-Nigerian soul icon Sade paid homage to a British subgenre of reggae with a homecoming album, Lovers Rock.

6 albums to discover this week
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6 albums to discover this week

Providence LADIPOE Providence, LADIPOE’s second project, captures moments of growth, introspectiveness, love and life. The Nigerian rapper had announced the project with “Running” featuring Fireboy DML. Further exploring elements of his sonic palette, he provides […]

Back In Office, Mayorkun’s new mandate
Profiles
Back In Office, Mayorkun’s new mandate

The Nigerian superstar has conquered the Afrobeats space and campaigns once again with Back In Office, a solid second album that won’t leave his city unrested. PAM spoke with Mayorkun about his striking career, staying relevant and his latest project. 

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Haile Selassie I: Machiavellian ruler, hero of pan-Africanism
Feature
Haile Selassie I: Machiavellian ruler, hero of pan‑Africanism

Haile Selassie I, emperor of Ethiopia and pan-African instigator, created an apocryphal personality and reign that has resonated into the reggae Rastafari and Africa’s modern political backdrop.

PAM Club: BJF’s 360° global bass
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PAM Club: BJF's 360° global bass

This week at the PAM Club, French DJ and producer BJF offers his intercontinental vision of bass music via a hybrid set injected with the kind of percussion that is barely legal.

Habibi Funk presents Majid Soula’s Chant Amazigh
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Habibi Funk presents Majid Soula's Chant Amazigh

The eminent explorative label continues its essential work of digging the music of the “Arab World”, now with Algerian singer, Majid Soula.  Majid Soula is an Amazigh artist, singer, and activist who has lived in […]