PAM runs through the history of Nina Simone’s emblematic “Mississippi Goddam”, a story of political oppression and artistic liberation that defined much of the singer’s historic career. In March 2019, the prestigious Library Of Congress […]

Tunisian producer Deena Abdelwahed unveils an experimental visual for ‘Insaniyti’, taken from Dhakar EP. On “Insanity”, Deena Abdelwahed was inspired by the Mezwed, a genre of popular traditional music based on North African Amazigh scale rhythms. It incorporates traditional Tunisian drums […]

  In this week selection: Kida Kudz’s first mixtape, Scorpion Kings live album by South Africa’s finest duo Kabza De Small & DJ Maphorisa and many more…  Credit photo:  Nasty Kida Kudz After a heavy 2019 of […]

Obongjayar kicks off the year with “God’s Own Children”, an intense new single from his EP Which Way Is Forward? set to release on the 7th of February. A few weeks after his remarkable performance on […]

In this week selection: David Walters’ electro-creole 2.0 album, Gqom Oh! compilation dedicated to the prodigy Citizen Boy, new long-format opus by the one and only Lil Wayne and more to hear this week. Photo: Ingrid Mareski Soleil […]

Each year on the 1st of February, Black History Month begins in the United States. A month dedicated to African-American history and the African diaspora. This February, PAM revisits a few moments of its history […]

In 2022 German agency Piranha Arts, in collaboration with Nyege Nyege, funded 2, 6 week residencies, one in Kampala, Uganda, another in Hamburg, Germany, bringing together over 30 artists from various regions of Africa and […]

Soul Jazz Records’ Apala: Apala Groups in Nigeria 1967-70 is the first ever collection of Apala music to be released outside of Nigeria. Apala: Apala Groups in Nigeria 1967-70 focuses on a wide selection of recordings made in […]