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Tony Allen announces EP with Jeff Mills, Tomorrow Comes The Harvest
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Tony Allen announces EP with Jeff Mills, Tomorrow Comes The Harvest

An exceptional collaboration between the legendary afrobeat drummer and a pioneer of techno music. The project began in late 2016 when Allen asked Mills to play on an album with him. From this meeting the idea of a show […]

Bargou08’s new album is a genius mix of north African folk and funky synthesizers
Bargou08's new album is a genius mix of north African folk and funky synthesizers

Bargou08’s Targ take World Music to another level.

Ballaké Sissoko, the one and the many – the world’s kora player
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Ballaké Sissoko, the one and the many – the world’s kora player

The master of the kora has released a new album, Djourou, wherein which he beautifully demonstrates his art of musical conversation. From Oxmo Puccino to Camille and Salif Keita, Djourou tastefully brings together a myriad of artists, centred on the kora. PAM interviews the artist.

Urban Village, folk music in the streets of Johannesburg
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Urban Village, folk music in the streets of Johannesburg

South African quartet Urban Village joins French label No Format to announce a debut album with the single “Sakhisizwe” along with a contagious live recording. Feet steeped in tradition and head bowed toward the future, […]

Label focus: NØ FØRMAT!
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Label focus: NØ FØRMAT!

PAM revient aujourd’hui sur l’histoire de No Format, ce label passé maître dans l’art de ciseler des bijoux musicaux.

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+250, the new collective empowering Rwanda’s creative scenes
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+250, the new collective empowering Rwanda’s creative scenes

Nomadic, polymorphic and transversal, the genesis of the +250 is akin to the development of a perennial rhizome. A rhizome so dear to Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari who, nearly fifty years ago in Mille […]

crafting Rwanda’s creative future +250 is more than a project. It’s a movement. Born out of a collaboration between Cornwine, a Kigali-based creative agency, and Pan African Music (PAM), +250 is the cultural banner for […]

Afropollination: Residency Power in the Global Underground
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Afropollination: Residency Power in the Global Underground

This is a story of explosive creativity, diehard cultural exchange, and avant-garde community from Kampala to Hamburg, with Nyege Nyege and Afropollination.