Pan-African Journal

Listen to the Sat. Aug. 18, 2018 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 Zimbabwe, Namibia, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Ghana. The second and third hours will be dedicated to the life, times and contributions of Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin who joined the ancestors on Wed. Aug. 16, 2018. We listen to a rare recording of a concert given by Aretha in Amsterdam in 1968. In addition we review some of the early recordings of the Queen of Soul when she was a teenager singing at New Bethel Baptist Church. Later we re-examine the influence of Rev. C.L. Franklin on the artistic and social development of Aretha.

Listen to the Sun. Aug. 12, 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 announcement by Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila that he will not seek another term in office; Ethiopia and Eritrea are seeking to build an oil pipeline from the port of Assab with the cooperation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE); Eritrea says it is siding with Saudi Arabia over a dispute with Canada; and the West African state of Mali has gone to the polls to select its leadership for the next four years. In the second hour we will continue our monthlong commemoration of Black August by broadcasting part two of a rare archival interview with resistance historian Herbert Aptheker. Also there is a rebroadcast of an interview with host Abayomi Azikiwe who discussed the recent property tax foreclosure settlement in Detroit over Leid Stories which aired initially on Mon. Aug. 6 on the Progressive Radio Network (PRN.FM).

Listen to the Sat. Aug. 11, 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 declining price of cocoa in the West African state of Ghana; some 17 Nigerian soldiers were killed by the Boko Haram group in Borno state; the Togolese government has released a number of opposition activists in an effort to restart talks on reaching a political settlement inside the country; Cameroon's political crisis in deepening in the run-up to national elections. In the second and third hours we continue our monthlong focus on Black August with a rare archival interview of African American resistance historian Herbert Aptheker. Finally we look back five decades at the response to the release of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorder report on the urban rebellions of 1967.

Listen to the Sun. Aug. 5, 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 post-election situation in the Southern African state of Zimbabwe where incumbent President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa could be sworn-in as early as next Sunday; Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has escaped an assassination attempt in the capital of Caracus; the Worker's Party of Brazil says they have approved the candidacy of imprisoned former President Lula Da Silva; and the newly-elected Mexican President Andres Manual Lopez Obrador announced that he will review the security arrangement the government has with the United States. In the second hour we will bring you the Aug. 3 press conference convened by President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe  in the aftermath of the harmonized elections. Finally we continue our commemoration of Black August with a further examination of the historical significance of the Haitian Revolution.

Listen to the Sat. Aug. 4, 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 harmonized national elections in the Republic of Zimbabwe where the ruling ZANU-PF party won re-election among allegations by the western-backed opposition MDC-Alliance of fraud; South Africa is continuing to grapple with the land question some 24 years after national liberation; the African Union and the United Nations have approved the extension of a peacekeeping mission in the Horn of Africa state of Somalia; Kenya has been introduced to a new financial app which will result in competition for the banks. In the second hour we look in detail at the Zimbabwe elections of July 30 and the violence which struck the country on Aug. 1. Finally we begin our montlong Black August commemoration with a special focus on the Haitian Revolution.

Listen to the Sun. July 29, 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 investment by the People's Republic of China into the railway system in the Southern African state of Mozambique; the Socialist Party of Zambia has declared that it is not an anti-religious organization; Zimbabwe is on the eve of its first parliamentary and presidential elections since the removal of former President Robert Mugabe in November 2017; and the government in the Republic of Sudan says it is re-opening dialogue with opposition parties inside the country. In the second and third hours we continue our series on the Era of Black Rebellion: 1965-1968 looking at the events in Detroit during late July 1967 and the immediate aftermath of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in early April 1968.

Listen to the Sat. July 28, 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 PANW report with dispatches on the recently-concluded 10th BRICS Summit held in the Republic of South Africa; the ruling APC party in Nigeria has suffered defections to the rival PDP; the border between the North African states of Libya and Tunisia have been closed due to ongoing fighting; an Iranian General makes a special address to United States President Donald Trump. In the second and third hours we continue our focus on the Era of Black Rebellion: 1965-1968 with segments on events in Los Angeles, Newark and the aftermath of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in April 1968.

Listen to the Sun. July 22, 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 parliamentary and presidential elections in the Southern African state of Zimbabwe; Egypt is raising the price of natural gas as part of an economic reform policy; Senegal has signed on to the belt road project with China; and 11 taxi drivers were killed in a shooting in South Africa. In the second and third hours we re-examine the Era of  Black Rebellion: From 1965-1968. This will be part one of two segments looking at events in Los Angeles, Chicago and Detroit.

Listen to the Sat. July 21, 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 upcoming national parliamentary and presidential elections in the Southern African nation of Zimbabwe; South Africans have commemorated the centenary of birth of the late former President Nelson Mandela; Mozambique is seeking to make reforms in its electoral system; and the breakaway northern region of Somaliland continues to vie for recognition as a nation-state. In the second and third hours we look back 51-52 years at the rebellions of 1966 and 1967 in Chicago and Detroit.

Listen to the Sun. July 15, 2018 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the visit of Republic of Sudan President Omer Hassan al-Bashir to Russia for discussions with his counterpart Vladimer Putin; the Israeli Airforce has launched renewed bombing operations against the Palestinian people in Gaza; Syrian military forces are continuing their offensive against counter-revolutionary rebels in the south of the country; and mass demonstrations have erupted on the south side of Chicago in the aftermath of the brutal killing by police of an African American man. In the second and third hours we look at the impact of the United States government's counter-intelligence program (COINTELPRO) in derailing the African American liberation struggle during the 1960s and 1970s.