PAM spoke to thoughtful Leeds based rapper ATO about lyrical honesty, relatability, and collaboration ahead of a return to live gigs.

The Congolese band adds vibrant choreography to “Musungu Elongo” straight from the capital of the DRC. The DRC Congo collective recently dropped its fourth album, Black ants always fly together, one bangle makes no sound, […]

Wastral Celia Wa On her new EP, Celia Wa sings about her memories of Guadeloupe in both Creole and English. She highlights disastrous episodes from history, still deeply rooted in many Caribbean families. This organic […]

On 30 June 1960, the Congo (DRC) became independent. Alan Brain, director of the movie The Rumba Kings, and Manda Tchebwa, historian of Congolese music, have reconstructed in detail, with the help of archives, African Jazz orchestra’s journey. On their way to Belgium, the orchestra was in charge of brightening up the nights of the delegates participating in the negotiations, and composed the ‘Independence Cha Cha’.

Pan African Music proudly premiers the Tanzania Albinism Collective’s latest video to highlight and celebrate International Albinism Awareness Day and get the backstory from the group’s producer, Ian Brennan

Damon Locks creates a space for conversation and interpretation on Black Monument Ensemble latest EP NOW, in the backyard of Experimental Sound Studios in Chicago.

Poté, a St Lucian born son of the diaspora, releases his second full length project A Tenuous Tale of Her on Bonobo’s Outlier label, piecing together the Afropean sounds derived from Kuduro and Zouk and today’s best diasporic dance music.

PAM catches up with Jujuboy Star, who’s been shining bright across the afrobeats galaxy with his recent project Enjoyment.