Pan-African Journal

Listen to this edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This program features our regular PANW reports with dispatches on the recently-held controversial presidential elections in the Central African state of Burundi where incumbent leader Pierre Nkurunziza has been re-elected amid protest and a boycott by opposition parties; the situation in Greece is not improving with anxiety increasing over yet another unfavorable debt re-scheduling by the European Central Bank and other international financial institutions; in Yemen pro-Saudi Arabian and GCC forces backed by the United States are claiming a strategic victory in the southern port city of Aden amid ongoing clashes and a humanitarian crisis; and Michigan Civil Rights activist and political prisoner Rev. Edward Pinkney has filed an appeal against his unjust conviction stemming from a Mayoral recall campaign in Benton Harbor during 2014. In our second hour we present two recent interviews with host Abayomi Azikiwe: one on the significance of the lowering of the confederate flag in South Carolina conducted by Radio 786 in Cape Town, South Africa and the other broadcast by KBOO in Portland, Oregon examining what's behind the Obama visit to Kenya and Ethiopia. The final hour continues the examination of the literary contributions of African people this time focusing on the legacy of woman writer and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston during the 20th century.

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This program will feature our regular PANW reports with dispatches on events on the continuing internal conflict in Libya some four years after the imperialist-engineered war of regime-change that ousted the slain Pan-Africanist leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi; three  Burundian opposition leaders have withdrawn from the upcoming controversial presidential elections; the clashes which took place on July 18 in South Carolina over the ongoing usage and promotion of the confederate flag; and the re-openng of the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi, Kenya which was the focus of an attack nearly two years ago. The second hour presents another phase in our tribute to the literary traditions of African people examining the activist/leader as both an orator and writer in defense of the rights of the oppressed people. This hour we highlight Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through his lecture at Illinois Wesleyan University during early 1966. King speaks on the state of race relations in the United States which is amazingly similar to what exist today nearly five decades later. In the final hour we look at a leading figure who intervened at a critical time in the struggle to end slavery and build democracy in the U.S. The segment presents a radio dramatization on abolitionist-journalist and organizer William Lloyd Garrison, the founder of The Liberator newspaper in 1831. This classic radio broadcast was aired initially in 1948 over W-MAQ on NBC radio in Chicago.

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This program will feature our regular PANW reports with dispatches on events on the continuing internal conflict in Libya some four years after the imperialist-engineered war of regime-change that ousted the slain Pan-Africanist leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi; three  Burundian opposition leaders have withdrawn from the upcoming controversial presidential elections; the clashes which took place on July 18 in South Carolina over the ongoing usage and promotion of the confederate flag; and the re-openng of the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi, Kenya which was the focus of an attack nearly two years ago. The second hour presents another phase in our tribute to the literary traditions of African people examining the activist/leader as both an orator and writer in defense of the rights of the oppressed people. This hour we highlight Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through his lecture at Illinois Wesleyan University during early 1966. King speaks on the state of race relations in the United States which is amazingly similar to what exist today nearly five decades later. In the final hour we look at a leading figure who intervened at a critical time in the struggle to end slavery and build democracy in the U.S. The segment presents a radio dramatization on abolitionist-journalist and organizer William Lloyd Garrison, the founder of The Liberator newspaper in 1831. This classic radio broadcast was aired initially in 1948 over W-MAQ on NBC radio in Chicago.

Listen to this edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This program will be broadcast live from a public meeting in Detroit entitled "400 Years of Massacres and People's Resistance." The event is sponsored by the Detroit Branch of Workers World Party. The broadcast features Abayomi Azikiwe delivering the keynote address focusing on the centuries-long struggle against slavery, Jim Crow, racist violence, national oppression and economic exploitation.

Listen to this edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This program will be broadcast live from a public meeting in Detroit entitled "400 Years of Massacres and People's Resistance." The event is sponsored by the Detroit Branch of Workers World Party. The broadcast features Abayomi Azikiwe delivering the keynote address focusing on the centuries-long struggle against slavery, Jim Crow, racist violence, national oppression and economic exploitation.

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. In this program we present our regular PANW reports with dispatches on events in Sudan where President Omar Hassan al-Bashir is reportedly on a visit to Saudi Arabia amid efforts to seek dialogue with opposition forces inside the country; in South Sudan conflict continues between a fractured SPLM/A which has so far resisted efforts to reconstruct a government of national unity with the assistance of the regional states; the Iranian Supreme Leader continues to target the United States for efforts to dominate and destabilize the peoples and nations of the world; and developments surrounding the bombing of the Italian embassy in the North African state of Egypt has prompted closer ties between Cairo and Rome. The second hour continues the month-long tribute and examination of the literary contributions of African people featuring part two of a lecture delivered by journalist and scholar Louis Lomax in Nov. 1962 discussing race and power in the U.S. Additionally in this segment we will acknowledge the contributions of 20th century African American women writers Margaret Walker and Dorothy West. In the final hour we further extend the historical review of the 150th anniversary of the conclusion of the Civil War looking at the Reconstruction era with Eric Foner and Heather Cox Richardson.

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. In this program we present our regular PANW reports with dispatches on events in Sudan where President Omar Hassan al-Bashir is reportedly on a visit to Saudi Arabia amid efforts to seek dialogue with opposition forces inside the country; in South Sudan conflict continues between a fractured SPLM/A which has so far resisted efforts to reconstruct a government of national unity with the assistance of the regional states; the Iranian Supreme Leader continues to target the United States for efforts to dominate and destabilize the peoples and nations of the world; and developments surrounding the bombing of the Italian embassy in the North African state of Egypt has prompted closer ties between Cairo and Rome. The second hour continues the month-long tribute and examination of the literary contributions of African people featuring part two of a lecture delivered by journalist and scholar Louis Lomax in Nov. 1962 discussing race and power in the U.S. Additionally in this segment we will acknowledge the contributions of 20th century African American women writers Margaret Walker and Dorothy West. In the final hour we further extend the historical review of the 150th anniversary of the conclusion of the Civil War looking at the Reconstruction era with Eric Foner and Heather Cox Richardson.

Listen to this edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This program features our regular PANW reports with dispatches on events in Somalia where Al-Shabaab has launched fresh attacks on a hotel; the reemergence of Ebola Virus Disease cases in the West African state of Liberia after being declared free of the scrouge some three months ago; developments in Burundi where a army general previously involved in an attempted coup said this week that there are still plans to oust the regime of controversial President Pierre Nkurunziza; and the role of the American Psychological Association in providing a pseudo-scientific rationale as well as assistance in carrying out interogations by the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the so-called "war on terrorism." The second hour highlights an interview with the host, Abayomi Azikiwe, over Leid Stories on PRN.fm from July 8 discussing the parallels between the economic crises in Detroit, Puerto Rico and Greece. In the final hour we continue the month-long focus on the literary contributions of African people through a rare archived lecture by African American journalist Louis Lomax delivered at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in Nov. 1962 on race and power in the United States during this period.

Listen to this edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This program features our regular PANW reports with dispatches on events in Somalia where Al-Shabaab has launched fresh attacks on a hotel; the reemergence of Ebola Virus Disease cases in the West African state of Liberia after being declared free of the scrouge some three months ago; developments in Burundi where a army general previously involved in an attempted coup said this week that there are still plans to oust the regime of controversial President Pierre Nkurunziza; and the role of the American Psychological Association in providing a pseudo-scientific rationale as well as assistance in carrying out interogations by the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the so-called "war on terrorism." The second hour highlights an interview with the host, Abayomi Azikiwe, over Leid Stories on PRN.fm from July 8 discussing the parallels between the economic crises in Detroit, Puerto Rico and Greece. In the final hour we continue the month-long focus on the literary contributions of African people through a rare archived lecture by African American journalist Louis Lomax delivered at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in Nov. 1962 on race and power in the United States during this period.

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This program will feature our regular PANW reports on events surrounding the current political crisis in Lesotho and the role of the Republic of South Africa; the escalating refugee problems emanating from the political stalemate in the Central African state of Burundi; the People's Republic of China's call for an end to the United States cold war mentality related to foreign affairs; and the challenges of the transitional political process coupled with the burgeoning economic problems in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The second hour of our the broadcast continues the month-long focus on the literary contributions of African people. In this segment we present a rare archival lecture by legendary African American novelist, playwright, essayist and political activist James Baldwin from 1983 on the social role of the writer. In the final segment of the program we will hear a 1975 "Annual October Radio Lecture" by the immortal Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe.