In five short years, Ghana’s young hip-hop phenomenon experienced a swift ascension into the popular sphere. PAM met with Kwesi Arthur, as polite and cheerful as ever, despite his ferocious status within rap. In 2010, […]
The sixth edition of the impeccable Hidden Musics collection from label Glitterbeat, the fra fra funeral music of Ghana was recorded by American producer Ian Brennan. Interview. Ian isn’t what you’d call a typical American. […]
Confined in his London home, jazzman Shabaka Hutchings speaks about his new album, how he spends his days under quarantine and what he sees for the future.
Initiator of the Ghanian alternative movement and member of La Même Gang, Darkovibes joins forces with the who’s who of Accra and abroad for his new LP “Kpanlogo”.
Who better to close our Black History Month feature than with this militant centenarian. Tim Black rubbed shoulders with the greatest figures in 20th century Black History: political leaders and jazz legends jostle in the memories […]
Get together eight artists from a number of different countries and backgrounds for a week in Nairobi to create an album and a documentary – this was the ambitious gamble made and won by the […]
A very productive singer now under contract with Universal, Nigeria-born Yemi Alade recently visited Paris. She had just released Woman of Steel, her 4th album. PAM met with the highly determined iron woman. Since her […]
When I say confusionEverything out of-ee controlWhen everything out-ee of control-eeE go be say, it Pafuka-oh (Pafuka na quench) Abidjan, 2001: I receive an unlikely offer. I’m invited to stage the play Le Fou du […]