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Xhosa Cole takes five
Profiles
Xhosa Cole takes five

In conversation with Xhosa Cole on the Pan-African nature of jazz, the importance of looking back to move forward, and the capacity for activism and rejoice through music.

The posthumous return of Tony Allen
News
The posthumous return of Tony Allen

With his posthumous album, There Is No End, the legendary Afrobeat drummer continues to inject rhythms into our lives exactly one year after his passing. On April 30, 2020, Tony Allen left us. This former […]

The best Nigerian songs of 2021 so far
List / Guide
The best Nigerian songs of 2021 so far

After a rocky 2020 that witnessed a pandemic and national protests against police violence, Nigerian artists are hitting 2021 with a newfound force. Here is our selection of the best Nigerian music of 2021 so far.

PAM Rewind: Boddhi Satva’s world in 15 tracks
Series
PAM Rewind: Boddhi Satva's world in 15 tracks

Every month Cortega picks a DJ or producer who puts Africa and its diaspora in the spotlight. Featuring an exclusive playlist of the 15 sounds that have shaped his musical universe. Today we invite the Central African producer Boddhi Satva.

6 albums you should listen to this week
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6 albums you should listen to this week

Aspects STR4TA Long time friends and collaborators, Gilles Peterson and Jean-Paul ‘Bluey’ Maunick, join forces to breathe new life into an essential era they both helped build, the British funk scene of the 80s. Peterson […]

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Gilles Peterson: DJ on a different frequency
Feature
Gilles Peterson: DJ on a different frequency

To celebrate the release of Indaba Is the 1st record of 2021 from Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood label – PAM caught up with Gilles and Indaba’s Thandi Ntuli (a few weeks apart, and on different continents) to talk curation, Pan-African sounds, and how a record label can be an ally.

Ben Okri & Skepta pay tribute to Tony Allen on “Cosmosis”
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Ben Okri & Skepta pay tribute to Tony Allen on "Cosmosis"

In “Cosmosis,” the Nigerian poet and British grime artist combine for the first track on the new posthumous album by the afrobeat legend. Recorded in London, in March 2020, in the famous Studio 13, “Cosmosis” […]

Nigerian newcomer Crówn federates on Pan-African new single, “Africa Unite”
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Nigerian newcomer Crówn federates on Pan‑African new single, "Africa Unite"

David Adekiyesi aka Crówn has just unveiled his new single, the bright and hopeful “Africa Unite”, from his forthcoming EP, Humanity. Revealed in the spring of 2019 with his warm and addictive singles “Fe’ Olosho” and […]