Pan-African Journal

Listen to 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 state funeral of African liberation movement stalwart and veteran Winnie Mandela who has been eulogized in the Republic of South Africa; Syria has remained defiant in the aftermath of the illegal and unjustified bombing by United States imperialism and its European allies; the United Nations Security Council failed to pass a resolution condeming the Washington-led bombing of Syria; Russia has maintained that it will respond to further provocation against its ally in Syria. In the second and third hours we pay tribute to African American freedom struggle figures Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by examining the role of U.S. imperialism in undermining and assassinating those who are committed to the liberation of their people.

Listen to 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 return of Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa from overseas on a trade and political mission; South Africa and the continent continues to mourn Winnie Mandela; Algeria has signed a cooperation agreement with the People's Republic of China on aerospace technology; and the United States if facing dire consequences if launches a full-scale trade war with the PRC. During the second and third hours we continue our monthlong tribute to the 50th anniversary of the martyrdom of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Listen to this 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 the ongoing strike by Kenyan lecturers; the DNA make-up of people from West Africa and its relationship to epidemeology; African art and white curators; and the visit by Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the People's Republic of China. The second and third hours of the program will highlight speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the final days of his life in Washington, D.C. and Memphis, Tennessee.

Listen to the Tues. April 3, 2018 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program will feature our regular PANW report with dispatches on the recent passing of South African liberation icon Winnie Mandela; we look at the contributions of the "Mother of the Nation"; statements of condolence have poured from across the country; and the Citizen's Action Party of Costa Rica has won the national elections with an African woman as vice-president. In the second and third hours we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We will hear his last two speeches delivered on March 31 in Washington, D.C and in Memphis on April 3.

Listen to the Sun. April 1, 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 visit by Republic of Namibia President Hage Geingob to the People's Republic of China; the son of the former President of the Republic of Angola is under investigation for fraud in an ongoing probe of corruption; Syria is evacuating armed opposition elements from Eastern Ghouta as the fighting subsides; and Yemen resistance forces have struck an airport near Riyadh Saudi Arabia. In the second and third hours we continue our focus on the contributions of Shirley Graham Du Bois with a rebroadcast of her lecture at the University of California in Berkeley in 1970.

Listen to the Sat. March 31, 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 ongoing opposition demonstrations in the West African state of Ghana against a recent military deal signed with the United States; there has been an article published on the horrors on the Atlantic Slave Trade in New African magazine based in London; the U.S. must own up to its legacy of torture against detainees; and Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has spoken on the impact of western sanctions against African states. In the second and third hours we conclude our monthlong tribute to Women's History with a special focus on African Americans and work along with a classic lecture delivered by Shirley Graham Du Bois at the University of California in Los Angeles during 1970.

Listen to the Sun. March 11, 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 election observers from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) which have been deployed to Zimbabwe; Mozambique and the Russian Federation have signed an agreement to enhance military cooperation; the debate over the land question is accelerating in the Republic of South Africa after the passage of a bill to confiscate land controlled by European settlers; the opposition coalition NASA in the East African state of Kenya is undergoing turmoil in the aftermath of a meeting between Raila Odinga and President Uhuru Kenyatta of the ruling Jubilee Party. In the second and third hours we continue our focus on Women's History Month with segments on African American writer Lorraine Hansberry and recording artists Billie Holiday and Etta James.

Listen to the Sat. March 10, 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 meeting between Kenyan political party leaders President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition figure Raila Odinga; Zimbabwe Herald reporters have commemorated International Women's Day; the DPRK has extended an invitation for talks with the administration of United States President Donald Trump; and the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party in the Republic of South Africa has issued a statement commemorating International Women's Day. During the second and third hours we continue our focus on International Women's Month. We focus on the life, times and contributions of three African American women from the mid-19th century through the early 20th. These women are anti-slavery fighter Harriet Tubman, women's rights advocate Mary Church Terrell and anti-lynching campaigner Ida B. Wells-Barnett.

Listen to the Sun. March 4, 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 escalating ground operations by the Syrian military aimed at haltng the shelling of Damascus by United States backed rebel forces; Zimbabwe President Emmerson Manangagwa has outlined his vision for economic development until 2030; South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has discussed a recently-passed bill to redistribute land inside the country; and Angola is discussing the restructuring of the diamond industry in this key Southern African state. In the second and third hours we will honor Women's History Month. The first segment will be a rebroadcast of a 1968 radio panel on the role of African American women in the struggle for liberation. The final hour will highlight a classic speech by iconic organizer Ella Baker delivered in New York City also in 1968.

Listen to the Sat. March 3, 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 predictions by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that the Southern African state of Mozambique will default on loans until 2023; there are still many unanswered questions about the deaths of AFRICOM troops in Niger over four months ago; Ivory Coast is experiencing difficulties in the cocoa industry after problems with international marketing of its principal export; and the West African state of Ghana is being dictated to by the IMF once again. In the second hour we feature a rebroadcast of the Leid Stories program on Detroit aired inititially over PRN.FM on Feb. 5, 2018 highlighting host Abayomi Azikiwe. In the final hour we will listen to a program originally aired over the Global Reserach News Hour with Abayomi Azikiwe on Feb. 23, 2018 discussing the notion of mass incarceration as an extension of chattel slavery of African people in the United States.