PAM spoke with Femi Koleoso, drummer and leader of the Afro-fusion quintet, Ezra Collective, to talk about Afrobeat, the group’s authentic mission and fusing Fela’s sound with the modern world. 

Koffee, Fatoumata Diawara, Mayra Andrade, Barrington Levy, and Fela Kuti all step in to redefine the score of the American Western and the forgotten black cowboy on Netflix’s The Harder They Fall.  Netflix’s original The […]

Curated by Femi Kuti and Chris Martin, Fela Kuti’s music will be revisited via a 7xLP box set with commentary from afrobeat historian Chris May, a poster design from Lemi Ghariokwu, and stills from Music is the Weapon.

With his first single “Free Your Mind” and the accompanying video, Made Kuti is doing much more than making a name for himself. A grandson from the Kuti family… At the age of 25, Made […]

PAM gets you to discover a first excerpt from the documentary film series Paris c’est l’Afrique (“Paris is Africa”) that French journalist Philippe Conrath directed in… 1989! Here, Manu relates his professional debut in Paris. […]

“The first-ever official website and comprehensive historical resource for the life and music of Fela Kuti” now out in addition to the reissue of his 1980s album Music Of Many Colours. Developed in close partnership with the […]

Afrofusion star Burna Boy appears on a remarkable cut from the ‘Queen & Slim’ soundtrack, sampling the iconic Fela Kuti on “My Money, My Baby”. ‘My Money, My Baby’ comes courtesy of Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack, which […]

It is this smile with which Fela composed his music and developed a character that, many years after his death, will continue to be celebrated for its strength. Studied, the crux of Fela’s music, although […]