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Dancing in the dust, Mali’s balani show phenomenon
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Dancing in the dust, Mali's balani show phenomenon

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, […]

Rap in Kigali for ACCES 2024
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Rap in Kigali for ACCES 2024

For ACCES 2024 in Kigali, Rwanda, PAM will be presenting its Rap in Kigali project with a photo exhibition, panel discussion, and live music showcase.

Behind the bars with Jail Time Records
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Behind the bars with Jail Time Records

Enter the Central Prison of Douala and meet Jail Time Records, a label for current and former detainees that reimagines the stigma around incarceration.

Steve Happi, Freedom beats in Douala
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Steve Happi, Freedom beats in Douala

Our latest episode in the Off the Map documentary series directed by Dione Roach plunges you into the life of Steve Happi, co-founder of Jail Time Records, a label born in Douala’s central prison that gives inmates a new lease on life.

B-Threy, dreams and scars in Kigali 
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B‑Threy, dreams and scars in Kigali 
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DJ Decimal Point, one man rave in Kampala
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DJ Decimal Point, one man rave in Kampala

Director Marion Desmaret shares the story of Uganda’s DJ Decimal in the latest episode of our Off the Map documentary series.

Afropollination: Residency Power in the Global Underground
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Afropollination: Residency Power in the Global Underground

This is a story of explosive creativity, diehard cultural exchange, and avant-garde community from Kampala to Hamburg, with Nyege Nyege and Afropollination.

“Lêkê”, music in sandals
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“Lêkê”, music in sandals

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