PAM pays tribute to Manu Dibango, who left us one year ago, on 24 March 2020. The musician, a generous pioneer, has built bridges between Africa and the rest of the world. A look back at the first chapters of his fantastic novel-like life.
The background story Nigeria, the most populous black nation in the world, confirmed its first case of the Coronavirus (otherwise known as the COVID-19) on February 27th. Sweeping through Asia and into Europe, Lagos saw the first reported […]
Five years after the release of his last album Wanted, the Lagos-based singer Wande Coal is back with new EP, Realms. Contemporary Nigeria Pop music wouldn’t be what it sounds like without Wande Coal. Artists like Wizkid, […]
These are the most anticipated afrobeats releases of 2020, from Wizkid to Sauti Sol. Photo: Darkovibes In 2019, afrobeats’ global acclaim came to a full circle when Burna Boy was nominated for the Grammys. Through purposeful marketing […]
Born in Douala, based in Ghana T’Neeya is one of the rising stars of afrobeats. In French, Pidgin, English or German, the polyglot artist reaches audiences across borders. Interview. With West-African artists rising on huge […]
In Africa, metal has caught on and brought new bands to the foreground, offering an original take on the genre which blends with African heritage. In West Africa, the Togolese group Arka’n is one of […]
In 2022 German agency Piranha Arts, in collaboration with Nyege Nyege, funded 2, 6 week residencies, one in Kampala, Uganda, another in Hamburg, Germany, bringing together over 30 artists from various regions of Africa and […]
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 […]