Pamela Badjogo

She tells us of her personal dramas and triumphs and the daily challenges of a modern African woman, celebrating her cultural legacy as an inexhaustible source of inspiration.

Pamela Badjogo began her musical career as a singer in the feminist collective Les Amazones d’Afrique. Her current album, Yiêh, confirms her reputation as princess of Bantu sounds and traditions, and gives the world a sparkling mix of Afropop, highlife and Afrobeat.

Resident in France since 2017, Pamela Badjogo calls her music ‘cheerful feminism’ and is politically committed to women’s rights. Her activism includes working for Fées-ministres, a collective that supports women who have suffered domestic violence. She also sponsors an educational association that teaches children on the banks of the Niger in Mali.