Nyako Konya is the name of a jam session that has become one of the key tracks of Kenyan orchestra Les Mangelepa. Marseilles-based label Secousse has re-released Nyako Konya with three unreleased remixes. Nairobi, Kenya, […]

Burkinabé rapper and activist returns with Faaso, a new EP to drop before the end of the year. He just unveils the first single “J’ai mal au Congo” with a rough music video. Joey le […]

Congo Revolution – Revolutionary and Evolutionary Sounds from the Two Congos 1955-62 showcases the Congolese rumba explosion.  This October, Soul Jazz Records is releasing a new double vinyl compilation shining a light on music from The two Congos during […]

  Will’stone unveils “MBv5” single on Hakuna Kulala. Featuring another Congolese MC, Le Bon, based in Kampala, Ouganda, hometown of the label. On the picture : Congolese MC Le Bon Known as the “Lion of Goma” – […]

Congolese-Belgian rapper Baloji unveils visual for ‘Soleil De Volt’ – a real-fake TV show in the style of Soul Train. As was so well put by The Fader, “Baloji showcases roughly 500 times more energy and […]

Do-it-yourselfer Kinshasa’s musicians KOKOKO! unveils ‘Tokoliana’ video – main title of their first EP released in June 2017. Originally posted by Prospect The alternative music scene in Kinshasa never ceases to surprise us with it’s […]

This summer, PAM shares with you “Comme un roman” radio show’s playlist, led by Vladimir Cagnolari, broadcasted on RFI every saturday at 10 am in Paris / 2.pm worldwide. Writers take you to Africa ! Listen to the radio show […]

Waists thrust at everything, pounding, shaking, and sending up billowing clouds of dust. Far from the city, particles fly in every chaotic direction as hands and feet beat at the earth. At the Balani Show, […]