This year was more electric than ever. From Lagos to Dar el Salaam, London, Durban and Kampala, here’s our selection of electronic albums that shook the dancefloors are broke our speakers in 2022.

Listen in on 2022 with our pan-African selection from Spanish Town to Johannesburg, Lagos to Nairobi, featuring the likes of Sampa the Great, Sudan Ariches, Asake, Koffee and more.

Every month, PAM browses the pan-African scenes to offer a selection of ten fresh releases. This November, listen to PsychoYP, Molotof, Somadina, Ezra Collective, and more.

Whether it’s the soulful sax on Kelvin Momo’s “Funa” or the electric keys that carry the live performance of MFR Souls, meet the musicians who are the unsung heroes of amapiano’s meteoric rise and rich instrumentation.

Led by master griot Seydou Diabate, the Kanazoé Orkestra blends traditional balafon music with a cosmopolitan collection of musicians and sounds to bring the instrument to a new world of listeners.

The 4th film in the Off the Map series takes us to Lomé, following the footsteps of Noire Velours, a young singer who reclaims her differences and works to free herself from the challenges society’s silence perpetuates. A documentary by Elom 20ce, who is here to elaborate the story.     

Yinka Bernie makes space for tears, vulnerability and love on his latest EP Something New, an alté treasure worth listening to on repeat. Here’s what you need to know about the Nigerian crooner.

This week, international rap, fresh amapiano, flowy neo-soul, Trinibad dancehall, and life as an Accra youth.