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

2021 is fast approaching and it presents the opportunity for PAM to look back on the best albums of the last year. A difficult year is drawing to a close, one in which the world […]

The return of Ugandan MC Swordman Kitala
News
The return of Ugandan MC Swordman Kitala

After numerous acclaimed collaborations, the Kampala rapper has announced the release of a first EP connected to the Nyege Nyege festival atmosphere: Kimbalagala. The English label Blip Discs is fully behind its new recruit. After […]

9 new albums you should listen to this week
News
9 new albums you should listen to this week

Every week, we highlight significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s selection includes albums from Wizkid, Batuk, Nesrine, DJ P2N and more. Made In Lagos Wizkid Due to leaks, his album was released […]

8 new albums you should listen to this week
News
8 new albums you should listen to this week

Every week, we highlight significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s selection includes albums from Spaza, La Locura de Machuca, Ann O’Aro, J Molley and more.   UPRIZE! Spaza UPRIZE!’s sensual trombones and […]

The Cranes: Idi Amin Dada’s favorite boy band
Profiles
The Cranes: Idi Amin Dada's favorite boy band

Considered by many as the godfathers of modern music in Uganda, The Cranes reunited after a 44-year hiatus for a history-making concert at the Nyege Nyege Festival. PAM revisits the band’s musical fortunes, closely tied with the nation’s political history – for better or for worse.

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By the neighborhood and for the neighborhood: the Wakaliwood phenomenon
Feature
By the neighborhood and for the neighborhood: the Wakaliwood phenomenon

In the Ugandan slums of Wakalinga, a self-taught movie director and his assistant from New York are proceeding to rip up the action film rulebook written by North America and Hong Kong. PAM meets with the pair to find out more.

African Electronic Diaspora: a compilation to support  Black Lives Matter
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African Electronic Diaspora: a compilation to support Black Lives Matter

The aim of this compilation is to raise funds for various (inter)national NGO’s, anti-racism advocacy groups and organisations of black initiative, with all proceeds to be donated to these causes. In the aftermath of Black […]

Blacksea Não Maya are back via Príncipe with a new EP, Máquina de Vênus
News
Blacksea Não Maya are back via Príncipe with a new EP, Máquina de Vênus

Five years after their last EP on the Lisbon label with Calor No Frioo, the kuduro trio is back with an eight-track project scheduled for 4 September. Producer brothers DJ Kolt and Noronha and their […]