Every month, PAM browses the pan-African scenes to offer a selection of ten fresh releases. This May we’re traveling with Fatoumata Diawara, celebrating touareg culture with the Tinariwen and exploring our feelings with Bongeziwe Mabandla.

For her new single, which announces the album AY, the Malian artist advocates self-confidence, despite what others might say. “Ibamba” means “perseverance,” a necessary quality in Ami Yerewolo’s universe, as emphasized on this new single. […]

After becoming the guardian of traditions, the Malian rapper disregards slander and safeguards against misinformation. “Je gère” is the first single from her album, to be released at the beginning of next year. Manabou, the […]

2020 is here. An occasion for PAM to revisit the last decade’s best albums. From 2010 to 2019, here are our 80 essential albums of the decade. It was abundantly clear at the top of […]