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Ghanaian xylophone master Isaac Birituro and Sonny Johns team up on ‘Yesu Yan Yan’
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Ghanaian xylophone master Isaac Birituro and Sonny Johns team up on 'Yesu Yan Yan'

Watch the music video for the first single of this collaboration recorded in Kalba, Ghana. To be released on Februabry 22nd on Wah Wah 45s. Isaac Birituro hails from the world-renowned lineage of xylophone virtuoso Kakraba Lobi. Leeds-based […]

Crazy Jazzmen of Africa: Hank Jones meets Cheick Tidiane Seck
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Crazy Jazzmen of Africa: Hank Jones meets Cheick Tidiane Seck

Episode 1. Once a month, we invite you to read about the singular experiences of jazz players heading back to their African roots. In the summer of 1993 when the American jazz pianist Hank Jones […]

WOMEX 2018 embrace the evolving global music scene
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WOMEX 2018 embrace the evolving global music scene

WOMEX – the World Music Expo – is the most international music meeting in the world and the biggest conference of the global music scene, featuring a trade fair, talks, films and a showcase festival. […]

New Video: Okzharp & Manthe Ribane – Kubona
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New Video: Okzharp & Manthe Ribane ‑ Kubona

Director: Chris Saunders & Cool Your Jets Date: 1st June, 2018 Album: Closer Apart Label: Hyperdub Okzharp and Manthe Ribane is producer Gervase Gordon a.k.a. Okzharp, vocalist, artist and dancer Manthe Ribane. Photographer and film maker Chris Saunders […]

Watch Stunnning New Fatoumata Diawara Video for ‘Nterini’
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Watch Stunnning New Fatoumata Diawara Video for 'Nterini’

Fatoumata Diawara have shared a new song ‘Nterini’, first extract of Fenfo, her new record since 2011’s Fatou. It arrives May 25 . Watch below the video directed by the photographer and Ethiopian artist Aïda Muluneh. ‘Nterini’ (which means “my love […]

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Radyo Siwèl: Mélissa Laveaux Gets Back to her Haitian roots
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Radyo Siwèl: Mélissa Laveaux Gets Back to her Haitian roots

Mélissa Laveaux releases her third album, Radyo Siwel. Sung exclusively in Creole, the album is a tribute to her Haitian heritage. French version published for the the first time the February 6th 2018 Photo: Romain Staros Staropoli […]

The 20 Best Albums of 2017
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The 20 Best Albums of 2017

PAM’s music critics share their nominations for the best Pan-African albums of the year. The list below is made up of personal favorites to the Pan African Music team, and is just a small roundup of […]

PANOPLAY: MHD, Jovi, Songhoy Blues, KWAYE, Kodak Black, Aya Nakamura…
PANOPLAY: MHD, Jovi, Songhoy Blues, KWAYE, Kodak Black, Aya Nakamura...

A weekly mixtape selected by PAM’s editors and writers. Find these tracks on our SPOTIFY and DEEZER playlist.    MHD – AFRO TRAP Part.9 (Faut les wet) Jovi – Devil No Di Sleep Songhoy Blues – Yersi Yadda KWAYE […]