The Pan African Music team select their favorite 2017 reissues. Compilations, vinyl reissues and exclusive archive gems: a short focus on 25 timeless albums that made our year. Listen to selections from this list on […]
He escaped from Luanda’s ghetto at 17, and recently escaped temporarily from his Porto-based “kudurock” trio Throes + The Shine. Angolan singer and musician Diron Animal plays it solo with his debut album, Alone, proudly released […]
Beats of the Antonov, a documentary shot in a state of emergency. In his film, Beats of the Antonov, director Hajooj Kuka proves how music can cultivate identity, even in times of war. Shot over […]
Western travelers are fewer and fewer in Sahel today. Especially when it comes to record music. This is exactly the moment Chris Kirkley chose to explore this territory through his label Sahel Sounds, a collective […]
On October 15, 1987, Burkina Faso’s President Thomas Sankara was assassinated in Ouagadougou. His political legacy is immense. A man of ideas, a man of action, he was also a man of music.
After two EPs and a debut album (Le Dernier Empereur Bantou) that explored an eclectic range of music genres and themes, Pierre Kwenders asserts himself with elegance in a afro-futurist style on this second LP, aptly titled […]
New UK imprint Hive Mind Records introduces final studio recordings of hypnotic Gnawa trance music from the late, great Maalem Mahmoud Gania. Gnawa is a musical and spiritual tradition originating in sub-Saharan Africa that has […]
Burkinabé rapper Joey le Soldat is back with ‘Zambfo’, first single of his new album named Barka. Via Tentacule Records 30 years old Joey le Soldat keeps up the fight against the elite and the organized […]