Kamal Keila a.k.a. Sudan’s James Brown. Berlin based label Habibi Funk is launching a new series covering the Sudanese jazz scene. The first record is Kamal Keila’s Muslims And Christians. When label’s boss Jannis Stürtz start to prepare his trip […]
An artist does not know the greatest hits man. It’s the masses that decide and they listen to your lyrics and what you say then decide and make a decision of your greatest, but I […]
Venture down 137 Avenue Kaniama and you will not come out unscathed. The album title is a nod to the street in Lubumbashi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the Belgian rapper was born […]
Here is the second part of our timeline for the African hits of 2017. From Nigerian pop to South African gqom, via Tanzanian bongo flava and Moroccan rap: a 60-track journey to discover the artists […]
French label Hot Casa Records reissues African Woman, the second album from Fela Kuti protégé Kingsley Bucknor Jr. Member of Fela’s Kalakuta Republic, King Bucknor Jr. was recorded in 1979 at the Emi studio in […]
A weekly mixtape selected by PAM’s editors and writers. Find these tracks on our ‘Pan African Hits’ SPOTIFY and DEEZER playlist. Bamao Yendé – KABA UCHI WizKid – Naughty Ride (feat. Major Lazer) Wyclef Jean – Fela Kuti […]
Buying our Freedom, the collaboration of ELi & Alex Wondergem is out now. The EP composed in Ghana by ELi and Alex Wondergem touches different subjects of Ghana self-love, cannabis, not giving a fuck (Track ‘Je m’en Bats les […]
Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen releases the 19 May via Blue Note A Tribute to Art Blakey.