Pan-African Journal

Listen to the Sat. Aug. 29, 2020 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 role of agriculture in the Southern African state of Zimbabwe in the present period; South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) is holding a leadership meeting this weekend; several California cities have held demonstrations in solidarity with the struggle in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the scene of deadly events over the last week; and the racism of local and statewide police agencies have been further revealed in the midst of a rebellion over the use of lethal force by law-enforcement. In the second hour we continue our focus on Black August. We continue to look at the role of the counter-intelligence program and the plight of political prisoners.

Listen to the Mon. Aug. 24, 2020 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 rise in COVID-19 cases in the Manicaland province of the Republic of Zimbabwe; the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is predicting a decline of nearly 9 percent in the GDP of the Republic of South Africa; leaders within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are still attempting to negotiate with the military mutineers that staged a coup in the West African state of Mali; and in the United States another urban rebellion has erupted in Kenosha, Wisconsin and an African American, Jacob Blake, 29, was shot seven times in the back by police. In the second hour we continue our month-long focus on Black August with a look back at the Black Panther Party and the history of state repression. Finally, we listen to a World Health Organization (WHO) briefing on the COVID-19 pandemic and other issues by Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Listen to the Sat. Aug. 22, 2020 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 attacks by western interests on the government of the Republic of Zimbabwe; Sudan has expressed its desire for more negotiations to resolve the dispute surrounding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project; more Somalians have been killed in a United States drone attack; and the streets of Portland are still the scene of demonstrations against state repression. In the second and third hours we continue our month-long recognition of Black August. We review the contributions of Robert F. Williams in the struggle for armed self defense and internationalism. Finally, we look back on the assassination of Black Panther Party Field Marshal and political prisoner George L. Jackson, Jr. on the 49th anniversary of his martyrdom in 1971.

Listen to the Sun. Aug. 16, 2020 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program highlights a PANW report with dispatches on the response of the Zimbabwe government to a letter from the Catholic Bishops Conference on the situation inside the country; several people have been killed in a rebel attack on a hotel in Somalia; Chicago police have again attacked an anti-racist demonstration leading to another weekend of unrest; and Portland is still the scene of daily protests and clashes with law-enforcement agents seeking to suppress anti-police brutality actions. In the second hour we continue our month-long focus on Black August commemorating the struggle against racism, colonialism, enslavement, imperialism and all forms of injustice. We further examine the legacy of urban rebellion and its impact on the contemporary movements in the United States. Finally, there is a briefing by World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus from Geneva on the current status of the efforts to suppress the COVID-19 pandemic internationally.

Listen to the Sat. Aug. 15, 2020 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program highlights a PANW report with dispatches on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on African youth-women amid the loss of jobs and income; South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has delivered another policy address on the current situation involving the pandemic; reports suggests that the Republic of Namibia has rejected a meager offer of reparations from the German government for the genocidal colonial policy enacted inside the Southern African state; and the United States Postal Service is under a concerted attack by the administration of President Donald Trump. In the second hour we continue our focus on Black August, an annual commemration of the resistance history of the African people in North America. In this segment we examine the role of urban rebellion in recognition of the 55th anniversary of the Watts uprising of August 1965. We then listen to a Zimbabwe government official discuss ongoing efforts to destabilize the the country by the United States.

Listen to the Sun. Aug. 9, 2020 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program presents a PANW report with dispatches on the virtual celebrations of Heroes' Day in the Southern African state of Zimbabwe; South Africa is commemorating Women's Day acknowledging the mass demonstration of 20,000 African women in Pretoria on this date in 1956; the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has apologized for the use of a racial slur over their network in a recent news report; and people have been arrested in Louisville, Kentucky during demonstrations demanding the arrest and prosecution of the police officers and officials involved in the horrendous shooting death of African American woman-youth Breonna Taylor earlier this year. In the second hour we continue our focus on Black August with a re-examination of the life, times and contributions of anti-slavery fighter Harriet Tubman. Finally, we listen to the voices and ideas of leading figures in South Africa in honor of Women's Day including President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Listen to the Sat. Aug. 8, 2020 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 recent meeting between leaders of the ruling parties of South African and Zimbabwe to discuss imperialist threats to their neighboring states; Zimbabwe has ordered governmental departments to operate at 15 percent capacity to limit the spread of COVID-19; an oil spill off the coast of Mauritius has contaminated large tracts of water and land resources; Mozambique has extended its state of emergency for another 30 days. In the second hour we continue our focus on Black August with an examination of the African Seminole Wars against enslavement and removal during the early 19th century. Finally, we present a World Health Organization (WHO) briefing by Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus discussing the global pandemic and efforts to mitigate the crisis.

Listen to the Aug. 2, 2020 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 recent tributes paid to Zimbabwe Minister of Agriculture Parrance Shiri; six people have been reportedly killed by an improvised explosive device in the West African state of Burkina Faso; South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has issued a statement in response to the half-million mark reached in the COVID-19 pandemic; and the Rwandan authorities announced the resumption of air travel with neighboring Kenya. In the second hour and third hours we continue our focus on the annual commemoration of Black August which acknowledges the struggle by African people against slavery, colonialism, neo-colonialism and imperialism. We also hear an archived interview with resistance historian Dr. Herbert Aptheker on the methodology utilized to reconstruct the African struggle for freedom. Finally, there is a classic lecture delivered by James Baldwin in 1963 after the release of his book entitled "The Fire Next Time."

Listen to the Sat. Aug. 1, 2020 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 appeal by Republic of Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa to healthcare workers in this Southern African state to place the interests of the people above their own economic concerns; the Zambian ambassador to the People's Republic of China says that they are anticipating additional investments from the Asian socialist state; Namibian President Hage Geingob had his role as a previous chairperson for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) reviewed by a regional magazine, and SADC is analyzing its response to the current security situation in the sub-continent. In the second hour we begin our month-long tribute to Black August which recognizes the contributions of African people to the struggle against slavery, colonialism, imperialism and neo-colonialism. The program presents a rare archival interview with Pan-African Historian C.L.R. James related to his work on the Haitian Revolution. Host Abayomi Azikiwe interviewed with Sputnik Radio earlier this week on the current situation in the West African state of Mali. Finally, we listen to the weekly briefing from the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) by Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Listen to the Sat. July 25, 2020 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 recent removal of the Prime Minister of the Horn of Africa nation of Somalia in a parliamentary vote of no-confidence; condolences are pouring in to the East African state of Tanzania where former President Benjamin Mkapa passed away this week; Iran has strongly condemned an aviation incident on July 24 where a United States warplane forced a commercial jet flying over Syria to descend; and a number of experts in the U.S. are advising that the country be placed once again on lockdown in order to stem the rising tide of COVID-19 infections. In the second hour we look at the recent passing of African National Congress (ANC) stalwart and Rivonia trial survivor Andrew Mlangeni in South Africa. President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has delivered a briefing on the status of the measures to address the pandemic inside the country. We will hear a briefing from World Health Organization Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in Geneva. Finally we review the historic Detroit Black Rebellion of July 1967 on the 53rd anniversary of the event.