Pan-African Journal

Listen to the Sun. Sept. 23, 2018 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 regular PANW report with dispatches on the recent attacks on military forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) carried out by rebel groups; Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta is travelling to New York City to participate in the 73rd ordinary session of the United Nations General Assembly this coming week; Ethiopians have been demonstrating against ethnic violence taking place near the capital of Addis Ababa; and the Horn of Africa state of Somalia has been bombed by the United States under the guise of a war against the Al-Shabaab Islamist organization. In the second and third hours we continue our focus on the literary contributions of African Americans. The second hour presents two speeches by James Baldwin discussing the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham and other regions of the country, Finally we hear the last speech delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Los Angeles on March 16, 1968. James Baldwin introduces Dr. King in this appearance.

Listen to the Sat. Sept. 22, 2018 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 economic recovery program announced by Republic of South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sept. 21 in response to the declaration of a technical recession; charges have been dropped against the former chief of staff of the Angolan military amid allegations of corruption; the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) electoral commission has announced a list of approved candidates for the upcoming national poll in December; and the government of Zimbabwe has been attempting to clear vendors from the streets of the capital of Harare after a cholera epidemic has killed over 30 people. In the second and third hours we look back at the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham by white racists some 55 years later. We listen to an audio documentary on the lead up to the terrorist attack when thousands of students were mobilized in April and May aimed at breaking down legalized segregation. Another documentary looks at the atmosphere surrounding the bombing which killed four girls on Sept. 15, 1963.

Listen to the Sun. Sept. 16, 2018 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 regular PANW report with dispatches on the recently signed peace agreement between Eritrea and Ethiopia in Saudia Arabia amid rising violence outside the capital of Addis Ababa; the United States government will continue its draconian sanctions regime against the Southern African state of Zimbabwe despite the July 30 harmonized elections; Africa will be negatively impacted by the Washington-instigated trade war; and the remains of genocide victims in Namibia during the early 20th century have been returned from Germany. In the second hour we look back at the historic Attica Prison rebellion of Sept. 1971 which resulted in the massacre of dozens of inmates and guards. Finally we continue our focus on African American contributions to the literary field with a speech delivered by James Baldwin in 1964.

Listen to the Sat. Sept. 15, 2018 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 recently-held elections for Student Representative Council at Limpopo University in the Republic of South Africa which was won by the South African Students Congress (SASCO); there have been accusations about a possible assassination plot against opposition figures in Congo-Brazzaville; a Rwandan opposition politician has been released from detention inside the country; and the Socialist Party of Nigeria has undergone a leadership change. In the second hour we rebroadcast the Sept. 12 Leid Stories program highlighting host Abayomi Azikiwe. Finally we look at the literary contributions of African Americans with a rare archival radio interview with James Baldwin, Lorraine Hansberry and Langston Hughes.

Listen to the Sun. Sept. 9, 2018 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 regular PANW report with the dispatches on the ongoing attacks by the Boko Haram sect in the West African state of Nigeria; women in Mozambique have been playing a leading role in reopening national parks closed since the era of the civil war; former Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has resigned as secretary general of the ruling Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA); and the Zimbabwe state media is saying that President Emmerson Mnangagwa came away from the FOCAC summit with enormous support for the Southern African state. In the second and third hours we continue our focus on the literary contributions of African Americans highlighting Langston Hughes and James Baldwin.

Listen to the Sat. Sept. 8, 2018 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 statement by former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and First Lady Grace saying they want to mend relations with the current administration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa; the African National Congress (ANC) ruling party in the Republic of South Africa issued a report on its engagement with Agric SA on land reform; People's Republic of China President Xi Jinping has met with African Union Commission chair Moussa Faki Mahamat after the Forum on China Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing; and Republic of Sudan President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has held talks with his Ugandan counterpart President Yoweri Museveni on the South Sudan peace process. During the second hour we look at the literary contributions of Langston Hughes. Finally in the last hour we rebroadcast a speech by novelist and essayist James Baldwin delivered in 1963 on The Fire Next Time.

Listen to the Sun. Sept. 3, 2018 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. Our program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the ongoing Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) being held in Beijing; South Africa has been the scene of an explosion near a munitions factory; Uganda Member of Parliament Bobbi Wine has delivered a statement claiming he was tortured by the security forces; and Britain has pledged funds for the continuation of the AMISOM mission in Somalia. In the second hour we will listen to a rebroadcast of an interview with host Abayomi Azikiwe aired over KPFA radio in Berkeley, California over the Africa Today program. Finally we look back on more than two weeks of commemoration surrounding the transition of Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin.

Listen to the Sun. Aug. 26, 2018 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 regular PANW report with dispatches on the upcoming national elections in the Southern African state of Botswana; the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will be tackling the current political crisis in Comoros Islands; the government in the Republic of Namibia will be negotiations surrounding land redistribution in the next few months; and the newly-inaugurated head-of-state of the Republic of Zimbabwe, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has appealed to opposition forces to work towards the building of the country. In the second hour we continue our focus on Black August with a rare archival audio file on the character of political repression leveled against the Black Panther Party some five decades ago. Finally we look back at the national independence struggle in Namibia where on this date (Aug. 26) of 1966 the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) began its armed struggle against the racist apartheid regime then occupying the country.

Listen to the Sat. Aug. 25, 2018 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 passing of Egyptian marxist scholar and consultant Samir Amin; there have been more reported cases of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); the Constitutional Court in Zimbabwe has upheld the victory of incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa paving the way for his inauguration for a full term as head-of-state; and the Ugandan government has charged Member of Parliament Bobbi Wine with treason. In the second hour we commemorate Black August with a rare archived interview with political prisoner George Jackson from 1971. Finally we continue our tribute to Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin on the eve of memorial services which will be held this coming week in Detroit.

Listen to the Sun. Aug. 19, 2018 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features reports on the objection by the government of the Republic of Tanzania to criticism leveled by the United States government over a by-election; Mozambique is still grappling with the mounting debt crisis to the international banking industry; Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa says that he will not lose any sleep over the continuation of the economic embargo against this Southern African state; and the celebration of the life of Aretha Franklin is ongoing in Detroit and around the world. We look back at some of the contributions of Aretha Franklin and her presence within popular media.