IAM

IAM may refer to:

Concepts

Identity and Access Management, a concept that combines business processes, policies and technologies

Indo-Aryan migration, the theory that speakers of Indo-Aryan languages migrated into the Indian subcontinent during the 2nd millennium BCE

Interest at maturity, a type of financial instrument where proceeds get paid/received at the end of the deal

Iams, the brand-name for dog-food and cat-food manufactured by Procter & Gamble. Procter & Gamble acquired the Iams Company in September 1999.

Groups

Maroc Telecom (Arabic transliteration: Ittisalat Al Maghrib), the main telecommunication company in Morocco

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, a North American labor union

Institute of Advanced Motorists, a charity based in the UK with the objective of improving car-driving and motorcycle-riding standards

Institute of Asset Management, a professional body for asset managers

International Assistance Mission, an NGO working in Afghanistan since 1966

RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine, a British Royal Air Force aviation medicine research unit between 1945 and 1994

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I Am (French band)

IAM (pronounced as English "I am") is a French hip hop band from Marseille, created in 1989, and composed of Akhenaton (Philippe Fragione), Shurik'n (Geoffroy Mussard), Khéops (Eric Mazel), Imhotep (Pascal Perez), and Kephren (François Mendy). 'IAM' has several meanings, including 'Invasion Arrivée de Mars' ('Invasion from Mars', 'Mars' is frequently used as a metaphor for Marseille in IAM's songs). Another meaning is Imperial Asiatic Man, while AKH often refers to L'homme Impérial Asiatique.

Themes

Africa and Ancient Egypt

One of IAM’s central themes in its songs is Africa. The group is one of the pioneer French rap groups and draws heavily on allusions to Africa, and particularly to ancient Egypt, in its music. Their 1991 song "Les tam-tam de l'Afrique" was one of the first French rap hits and the first song to deal expressly with the issue of slavery [needs citation]. Using a sample of a Stevie Wonder song, "Les tam-tam de l'Afrique" focuses on the “abduction of its inhabitants, the Middle Passage, and the plantation system in the Americas.”

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