As we witness the increasing interest for vinyl records, we explore the history of Kenyan music through these waxy relics and their pressing plants in Kenya.

Every month, PAM browses the pan-African scenes to offer a selection of ten fresh releases. This March, we’re dancing to Davido’s timeless work, vibing to Najib Alhoush’s groovy rhythms, celebrating the life of Ali Farka Touré and more.

There is no one African rap, there are hundreds. There are as many rap scenes as there are countries and languages on the continent. All over Africa, rappers and beatmakers are taking the codes and […]

This week, Kojey Radical gives a Reason to Smile narrated by his Ghanaian mother, Cruel Santino (formerly Santi) is back for an alté revival…

A selection of our favorite pan-African artists from the 43rd edition of Rennes’ Trans Musicales festival scheduled for December 1st to 5th, 2021. The Trans Musicale credo has always been to help discover new artists […]

Sms for Location Vol.4 Moonshine In this fourth installment of the mixtape series, the Montreal collective creates links between different musical genres, from Afrobeats to Kinshasa electronic music and funk. Twenty producers, DJs and MCs […]

Angelique Kidjo, Dianne Reeves, Mayra Andrade, Terri Lyne Carrington, Thandiswa Mazwai, SOMI, Inna Modja and China Moses all advocate sisterhood and humanism on new track. The Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara, who lives between her native […]

Alternating between sumptuous melodies and driving, impactful rap, Awori has joined forces with Twani, a beatmaker from Lyon, for an album as politically-engaged as it is sensitive. Ranavalona, pays tribute to the last Malagasy queen, and establishes her place in the pan-African pantheon of defiant women.