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The‌ ‌best ‌Nigerian‌ ‌songs ‌of‌ the year ‌2020‌ ‌
List / Guide
The‌ ‌best ‌Nigerian‌ ‌songs ‌of‌ the year ‌2020‌ ‌

Our Nigeria-based journalist Joel Praise has selected his favourite Nigerian tracks of the year.

The best 10 South African jazz albums of the year 2020
Feature
The best 10 South African jazz albums of the year 2020

Our South Africa-based journalist Tseliso Monaheng has selected his favourite South African jazz releases of the year.

The best rap albums of the year 2020
List / Guide
The best rap albums of the year 2020

2021 is fast approaching and with it the opportunity for PAM to look back on the best rap albums of the last year.

Amha Eshèté, the exile and the return to native land
Feature
Amha Eshèté, the exile and the return to native land

The second and final part of our long-form interview with Amha Eshèté, founder of Amha Records. Ethiopia’s very first independent label recorded the most beautiful sonic era of Swinging Addis.

Michael Wimberly presents “Alive” ahead of album
News
Michael Wimberly presents “Alive” ahead of album

This new single combines both the past and the future, a taste of his forthcoming album Afrofuturism in which the veteran percussionist and composer shows the breadth of his repertoire, ranging from pop to funk […]

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Amha Eshèté, the dreamer who cut the grooves of Ethiopia’s golden sounds onto wax
Interview
Amha Eshèté, the dreamer who cut the grooves of Ethiopia’s golden sounds onto wax

Amha Eshèté was Ethiopia’s first independent record producer. It is to him that we owe the first recordings (and the following two hundred) of the golden age of Ethiopian music, later resurrected by the famous Éthiopiques series. He confesses it all to PAM in full detail (Part one).

Sho Madjozi celebrates South Africa once again with her new project What A life
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Sho Madjozi celebrates South Africa once again with her new project What A life

The rapper’s name is becoming world famous, but her music is more Tsonga than ever. After a period marked by her younger sister Nyeleti’s tragic passing, the last thing expected from Sho Madjozi was a […]

P.Priime: The Nigerian wunderkind who’s more than just a producer
Interview
P.Priime: The Nigerian wunderkind who’s more than just a producer

P.Priime speaks on being at the vanguard of current sounds brewing underground in Nigeria, having collaborated with Olamide, Fireboy, Teni, Zlatan, DJ Cuppy, etc.