From gengetone and dancehall to hip-hop and alternative r&b checkout the artists shaking up the East African music scenes and beyond, passing through Kigali, Nairobi, Kampala and more.

Every month, PAM browses the pan-African scenes to offer a selection of ten fresh releases. This May we’re traveling with Fatoumata Diawara, celebrating touareg culture with the Tinariwen and exploring our feelings with Bongeziwe Mabandla.

From Cairo to Kampala, L’île Maurice to Paris the official lineup for the Parisian edition of the Nyege Nyege Festival is finally here. Dive into the sounds, and get your tickets here!

Afrofuturist Ugandan griot, Faizal Mostrixx, continues his avant-garde, multi-sensory disciplines on latest EP, Transitions, to be released on Glitterbeat Records. Faizall Mostrixx has been behind some of East Africa’s hottest electronica and counter-cultural rhythms for […]