In Ivory Coast, plastic sandals known as “lêkê” have become emblems of popular culture worn by everyone from DJ Arafat to Eritrean freedom fighters.

Deena Abdelwahed speaks about her passion for sound abstraction and freedom to create without having to claim her identity on latest album, Jbal Rrsas.

Listen in on 2023 with our pan-African selection from Durban to Tunis, Nairobi to Niamey, featuring the likes of Amaarae, MC Yallah, Omagoqa, and Baaba Maal. 

PAM followed Jupiter & Okwess on their American tour this summer, which included a stop at Coachella, one of the most prestigious music festivals in the USA.

PAM’s latest documentary stars one of Africa’s reggae heroes. 30 years after his first album, the Fakoly descendant opens the doors of his club in Bamako, and his countryside farm for an alternative look at the legendary reggaeman.

Dive into the October selection, marked by ODUMODUBLVCK’s Igbo rap, British-Ghanaian collective ONIPA’s come back, and Vanyfox’s infectious batida EP. 

To mark the release of the UK to GH EP in collaboration with Ghanaian vocalist Zongo Abongo, British artist Burland delivers a PAM Club at the crossroads of the sounds that drive him, from dancehall […]

The artist, who describes himself as a “fighter” in the service of his culture, the Bédik people, a little-known ethnic group from southern Senegal whose language and culture are threatened with extinction.