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The cyber singeli flyboy DJ Travella Mr Mixondo
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The cyber singeli flyboy DJ Travella Mr Mixondo

Getting into the secret sauce with Tanzania’s young singeli superstar who is touring the world and bringing ecstatic joy to the masses with his otherworldly music.  

Nyege Nyege 2024, enter the Afrogalactic Carnival 
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Nyege Nyege 2024, enter the Afrogalactic Carnival 

For the Ugandan super-event’s 9th edition from November 14-17, the Nyege Nyege family is inviting over 300 artists from 30 countries to celebrate the kaleidoscopic sounds and performances of the world’s most exciting artists.  Nine […]

The best albums of October 2023
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The best albums of October 2023

Dive into the October selection, marked by ODUMODUBLVCK’s Igbo rap, British-Ghanaian collective ONIPA’s come back, and Vanyfox’s infectious batida EP. 

DJ K’s underworld of baile funk and witchcraft
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DJ K's underworld of baile funk and witchcraft

The Brazilian producer’s new album, highlights the rave imbued, hallucinogenic ambience of contemporary baile funk from São Paulo. Meet the funk “sorcerer” guiding the favela sound.

The best albums of September 2023
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The best albums of September 2023

As we head back to school in 2023, get your energy up with Deena Abdelwahed’s post-club music, AUNTY RAYZOR’s incendiary flow and Yussef Dayes’ contagious groove.

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PAM Meets: Queen Asher & Rehema Tajiri at La Magnifique Society
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PAM Meets: Queen Asher & Rehema Tajiri at La Magnifique Society

Director Marion Desmerat follows the singeli mother-daughter duo Queen Asher and Rehema Tajiri throughout the Magnifique Society Festival in Reims for a look inside the feminine energy of Tanzania’s fastest club music.

Exocé, Afro-cosmic art in motion
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Exocé, Afro‑cosmic art in motion

No-limit fashion designer, embodied performer and hybrid visual artist, Exocé feeds on the luminaries of Africa, like Fela or Sun Ra. Artist and messenger on a mission, he unfurls his Afro-cosmic universe at the Nyege Nyege Festival – Paris edition – this July 14.

MC Yallah & Debmaster, goosebumps in the dark
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MC Yallah & Debmaster, goosebumps in the dark

A few weeks ahead of their appearance at the Paris edition of the Nyege Nyege Festival, PAM caught up with MC Yallah and Debmaster in Lille, to find out more about the origins of their partnership and Yallah Beibe, a new album of dark, futuristic rap unlike any other. Interview on the water.

Be ready, the Nyege Nyege festival is back in Paris!
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Be ready, the Nyege Nyege festival is back in Paris!

PAM and Le Point Fort d’Aubervilliers invite you to the second edition of the Nyege Nyege Festival on July 14th, you know the drill!

HHY & The Kampala Unit, beyond flesh and electricity
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HHY & The Kampala Unit, beyond flesh and electricity

PAM spoke with HHY & The Kampala Unit backstage at the Banlieues Bleus Festival to decrypt that which cannot be known about the mutant sounds and eclectic vibrations of the Nyege Nyege powered collective.

PAM Club: Gang Waa mixtape by Crazymind
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PAM Club: the Gang Waa mixtape by Crazymind

After Leo PaLayeng, it’s his Ugandan compatriot Crazymind’s turn to deliver a PAM Club dedicated to a genre as rare as it is enjoyable: acholitronix! Located in northern Uganda, the city of Gulu is the […]

The best Pan African Rap of 2023
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The best Pan African Rap of 2023

From Angola to Ghana, stopping off in Comoros, Ivory Coast, Nigeria or Guinea, PAM presents a selection of 10 tracks from across the continent, from major hits to new school mavericks, that have shook up the rap world in 2023.

PAM Meets Astan Ka: bridging the gap
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PAM Meets Astan Ka: bridging the gap

Director Marion Desmaret captured the work and residency of multi-disciplinary artist Astan Ka during the Afropollination residency program in Hamburg on a fishing vessel turned cultural venue, the MS Stubnitz. 

DÉERR release politically-charged  video for “Punkal”
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DÉERR release politically‑charged video for "Punkal"

The German-Senegalese duo DÉERR share three remixes of their flagship track “Punkal”. PAM offers you the video in exclusive preview.

Scratcha DVA and the mechanics of gqom vs grime
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Scratcha DVA and the mechanics of gqom vs grime

PAM sat down with Scratcha DVA aka Scratchclart aka Scratcha before his b2b with Durban native Menzi for the first edition of Boiler Room fest to talk about the outsider essence of the gqom, grime connection. 

10 best albums of January 2023
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10 best albums of January 2023

Every month, PAM browses the pan-African scenes to offer a selection of ten fresh releases. This January, we’re starting the year right listening to Seyi Vibez, Aya Nakamura, LA Timpa, Ajebutter22, and more.

The 50 best albums of 2022
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The 50 best albums of 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.