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Niniola’s ‘Fantasy’ with Femi Kuti: a Nigerian music collaboration
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Niniola’s 'Fantasy' with Femi Kuti: a Nigerian music collaboration

Modern Afro House star Niniola teams up with Afrobeat legend Femi Kuti for a sweet and luscious track “Fantasy”, featuring Femi Kuti on saxophone and African Giant producer Kel-P on the mixing boards.  Two eras […]

The 10 best Nigerian music videos of February
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The 10 best Nigerian music videos of February

Nigerian artists are always deep in the music hustle. Going past the need for releasing good songs, there’s the recognition that a good video can do even more. In February, while the year is relatively […]

BBE Africa reissues two rare Tabansi Studio Band afrobeat albums
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BBE Africa reissues two rare Tabansi Studio Band afrobeat albums

For the first time anywhere, BBE reissues back-to-back two rare LPs that many Afro heads doubted their very existence until now, Wakar Alhazai Kano 9 & Mus’En Sofua. Wakar Alhazai Kano 9 & Mus’En Sofua is composed of four incredible slices of almost undiscovered […]

Dr. Victor Olaiya: the man, the music, the maestro
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Dr. Victor Olaiya: the man, the music, the maestro

It’s been called the end of the golden age of highlife. Announced on February 12th 2020, Victor Abimbola Olaiya (OON) was confirmed to have passed on. He breathed his last breath within the walls of the […]

Tony Allen announces posthumous album with Hugh Masekela
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Tony Allen announces posthumous album with Hugh Masekela

Rejoice, the long-awaited collaborative album between two African music legends, Tony Allen and the late Hugh Masekela, will finally be released on March 20th via World Circuit. Photo credit: Brett Rubin & Bernard Benant Having […]

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The 80 best albums of the 2010s
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The 80 best albums of the 2010s

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 […]

8 albums you need to hear this week
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8 albums you need to hear this week

In this week’s selection: the new album from emblematic Sahrawi culture activist Aziza Brahim, Khuli Chana’s third studio album, the second EP from afrobeat prince Ghetto Boy and many more to hear… Sahari Aziza Brahim The Saharawi singer-songwriter […]

Sankayi band’s ‘Il ne faut pas intervenir’ resurfaces on a short live video
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Sankayi band's 'Il ne faut pas intervenir' resurfaces on a short live video

Before releasing Kinshasa 1978, an album of unreleased recordings from four bands of Kinshasa, Crammed Discs unveils a rare video of the song ‘Il ne faut pas intervenir’ performed by Masanka band. Filmed in the […]