Pan-African Journal

Listen to the Sat. June 17, 2023 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our PANW report with dispatches on the African leaders peace mission to Ukraine and Russia; critical shortages are plaguing the Republic of Sudan as fighting continues resulting in part in the assassination of the governor of West Darfur province; rebel attacks in Uganda have left dozens dead; and the Mali foreign ministry has ordered all United Nations personnel to leave the West African state. In the second and third hours we present the latest installment in our recognition of Black Music Month. We look back on the life, times and contributions of Tshala Muana, Charley Patton, Ike & Tina Turner.

Listen to the Sun. June 11, 2023 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This episode continues our focus on Black Music Month. The program will feature our regular PANW report with dispatches on the resumption of fighting between the two military structures in the Republic of Sudan after a 24-hour truce; valuable documents have been damaged and lost in Senegal in the aftermath of unrest; Tunisia is to receive additional assistance in dealing with the migrant crisis; and Honduras has established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China under the new progressive government. In the second and third hours we will examine the history of African American music with the Blues legends B.B. King and Muddy Waters.

Listen to the Sat. June 10, 2023 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the announcement by the African Union (AU) that the continent is now working towards introducing a single currency for the region; several people have been reportedly killed in an explosion in the Horn of Africa state of Somalia; the Sudanese military structures fighting for control of the country have announced another 24-hour ceasefire; and the suspended Nigerian Governor of the Central Bank has been arrested by the authorities just days after the inauguaration of the new President Bola Tinubu. We will continue our month-long focus on Black Music Month with tributes to Rex Cardinal Lawson, Milt Jackson and Ray Brown. Also we look in-depth at the role of the BRICS states and the formation of the New Development Bank targeting emerging economies.

Listen to the Sun. June 4, 2023 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our PANW report with dispatches on the continued fighting between the two military structures in the Republic of Sudan and efforts to end the conflict; demonstrations in the Kingdom of Morocco have focused on the rising rate of inflation; the Senegalese government has blocked access to the internet resulting from the unrest inside the country; and the people of Guinea-Bissau are voting in legislative elections today. For the entire program we present our second installment for Black Music Month.  We pay tribute to Francois Luambo Makiadi (Franco) of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In the following segments we listen to a recording of a panel discussion on the life, times and contributions of pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams. Finally, we hear an interview with legendary percussionist Max Roach.

Listen to the Sat. June 3, 2023 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our PANW report with dispatches on the African Union (AU) peace plan to end the fighting in the Republic of Sudan; unrest has continued in the West African state of Senegal in response to the conviction of an opposition leader earlier in the week; a foreign ministers meeting is taking place in the Republic of South Africa in preparation for the upcoming BRICS Summit in July; and the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) has announced a strike to protest the cancellation of fuel subsidies by the new government. In the second hour we look in detail at the developments in Sudan, Senegal and the BRICS preparatory meeting in South Africa. Finally, we begin our month-long series in recognition of Black Music Month. In this first episode we pay tribute to Dr. Nico Kasanda of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) along with the early architects of the post-World War II African American popular music.

Listen to the Mon. May 29, 2023 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features a PANW report with dispatches on the continuing security crisis in the Republic of Sudan; the United Nations has warned that several geopolitical regions are suffering enormous food deficits to the point of near starvation; Republic of South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed an investigator to examine the allegations made by United States imperialism surrounding arms sales to the Russian Federation; and the Federal Republic of Nigeria has inaugurated the new President Bola Tinubu. In the second and third hours we conclude our month-long commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the forerunner to the African Union (AU). We will listen to a rare archival interview with Cuban-Argentinian revolutionary and Pan-Africanist Che Guevara which was conducted in Dec. 1964. Finally, we listen to a rare archival radio broadcast of a debate involving Malcolm X during Feb. 1965.

Listen to the Sun. May 28, 2023 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The episode features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the security situation in the Republic of Sudan as fighting continues between the two military structures; the African Development Bank (AfDB) says that investment prospects remain favorable for the continent; the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is working to alleviate the food deficits in the region; and the Egyptian government has announced the discoveries of artifacts from the Old Kingdom period of history. In the second and third hours we continue our focus on the 60th anniversary of the formation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the predecessor to the African Union (AU). We listen to a lecture and discussion on the life, times and contributions of Amilcar Cabral, the co-founder of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC). Finally, we review the recent state visit by Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki to the People's Republic of China.

Listen to the Sat. May 27, 2023 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the letter sent by Sudanese Armed Forces Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres asking for the institution's envoy to be withdrawn from the country amid the continuation in fighting; the Somalian government has received pledges of security support from Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov; Senegalese opposition forces have clashed with the police leaving one person dead; and the German parliament has agreed for their troops to remain in Mali for another year. In the second and third hours we will continue our commemoration of Africa Liberation Day, the 60th anniversary of the formation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the predecessor of the African Union (AU). We feature an exclusive interview aired internationally with former South African President Thabo Mbeki in Guinea-Conakry for the annual lecture program in his name. Finally, we review the contributions of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah in the struggle for Pan-Africanism.

Listen to the Sun. May 21, 2023 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This episode features our PANW report with dispatches on the continuing Sudanese security crisis where the SAF and RSF have signed a seven-day ceasefire during negotiations in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; an African delegation in scheduled to visit Ukraine and Russia in an effort to end the United States proxy war in Eastern Europe; the Russian Defense Ministry has announced that the city of Artyomosvk (Bakhmut) has fallen to their troops; and there have been demonstrations against the government in the capital of Kinshasha in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In the second hour we present another installment in our African Liberation Month programming with a focus on Malcolm X (El Hajj Malik Shabazz). We review an interview with the Pan-Africanist leader over a radio station in Philadelphia on June 4, 1964. Later we examine an address delivered by Malcolm X on January 7, 1965 in New York City.

Listen to the Sat. May 20, 2023 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the dismissal by the head of the Sudanese Armed Forces, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, of his adversary over the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan Degalo, from the Sovereign Council; Tanzania has requested another 25,000 school desks for students across the country; the state of Zambia is raising awareness about the prevelance of gender based violence; and the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC) is digitzing its data base to resolve the continuing problems of public health across the continent. In the second hour we listen to an United Nations press briefing on the burgeoning humanitarian crisis inside the Republic of Sudan where fighting between the RSF and SAF has resulted in hundreds of deaths and thousands of people being displaced. Finally, we continue our commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the formation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the predecessor of the African Union (AU). We will review an address delivered by Malcolm X (El Hajj Malik Shabazz) in New York City right after his trip to Africa and the Middle East during 1964.