Pan-African Journal

Listen to the Sun. Sept. 24, 2017 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 African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) which has conducted a training session for security forces in Mogadishu; the leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), President Joseph Kabila, has addressed the United Nations General Assembly on the future of the political situation inside this Central African state; the Zambian National Education Coalition has condemned the proposal to reintroduce corporal punishment to the school system; and the Zimbabwe Sunday Mail has criticized the work of Global Witness in relationship to the diamond industry inside this Southern African state. In the second and third hours we listen to some of the speeches delivered at the United Nations General Assembly 72nd Session last week. This segment reviews the addresses from the DPRK, Kenya and Cuba.

Listen to the Fri. Sept. 22, 2017 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 address by President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly in New York City; the African National Congress ruling party in the Republic of South Africa has issued a statement in the aftermath of its victory in a by-election in Cape Town; the Kenya Supreme Court has been criticized again by the dissenting jurists and ruling party Julbilee members for its failure to provide concrete evidence of irregularities in the August 8 annuled presidential race; and finally the Brexit process of separating the United Kingdom from the European Union will not have an impact on the trade involving the Southern African state of Mozambique. In the second hour we listen to the address of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe before the 72nd United Nations General Assembly sessions held this week in New York City. In the final hour we also hear the speech delivered by Republic of South Africa President Jacob Zuma at the United Nations.

Listen to the Sat. Sept. 16, 2017 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 leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) who greeted a delegation of voluntary teachers in the capital of Pyongyang; the South African Communist Party Central Committee has issued a statement in the aftermath of the conclusion of the 14th National Congress; in Zimbabwe the ruling ZANU-PF party is making preparations for the upcoming annual National People's Congress; and finally the North African state of Egypt is conducting military manuevers with Saudi Arabia as well as stengthening ties with Japan. In the second hour we focus on the literary contributions of African Americans with a rare archival broadcast interview with Langston Hughes during 1963. Finally we listen to a lecture from Elizabeth Alexander discussing the intellectual history of Black Women in the United States.

Listen to the Sun. Sept. 10, 2017 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. Our program features the regular PANW report with dispatches on the military gains made by the Syrian army against counter-revolutionary elements supported by United States imperialism; the Nigerian Department of State Services says they can hold a suspect on suspicion of terrorist activity for up to 45 days without charge; Ghana has recently increased its capital requirement for financial institutions based inside the West African state; and instability is continuing within the Ivory Coast military apparatus in the aftermath of a series of mutinies by soldiers. In the second hour we look back at the 46th anniversary of the Attica Prison Rebellion of September 1971. Finally this edition will rebroadcast an interview with host Abayomi Azikiwe on African American history.

Listen to the Sat. Sept. 9, 2017 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 deployment of a Southern African Development Community (SADC) standby force to the Kingdom of Lesotho in the aftermath of the assassination of the defense forces commander earlier in the week; Syrian military forces have liberated more territory from counter-revolutionary elements backed by imperialism; Nigerian army units have engaged in manuevers in the south of the country amid growing unrest; and Ghana is establishing joint economic relations with Equatorial Guinea in the field of petroleum production. In the second hour we we will examine the politics surrounding the recent instability in Lesotho. Finally we will review the 50th anniversary of the National Conference for a New Politics through the address delivered by Dr. Marting Luther King, Jr. in Chicago on September 1, 1967.

Listen to the Sun. Sept. 3, 2017 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor o the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the recent outbreak of cholera in Kenya amid a political crisis involving the Supreme Court's nullification of the Aug. 8 presidential elections; in Zimbabwe the ruling ZANU-PF government is favored to win the national elections to be held next year; an ancient Roman city has been discovered under the sea in Tunisia; and the North African state of Egypt is poised for major development projects planned jointly with the People's Republic of China. In the second hour we continue our commemoration of the 38th Annual Detroit Jazz Festival with an interview with Wayne Shorter the artist-in-residence this year. Finally we look back at the life, times and contributions of Jazz great Duke Ellington.

Listen to the Sat. Sept. 2, 2017 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program includes our regular PANW report with dispatches on the aftermath of the nullification of the Kenyan presidential elections by a 4-2 vote of the Supreme Court; the president of Guinea-Bissau has sent congratulatory messages to the new leader of Angola; the outgoing president of Angola, Jose Eduardo dos Santos has sent a message of solidarity to the leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila; and Mozambique is implementing new monetary policy amid an inflationary spiral in that Southern African state. In the second hour we highlight the contributions of Jazz great Billie Holiday in light of the ongoing Detroit Jazz Festival being held downtown. The final hour presents a rare archived interview with the legendary musician and composer John Coltrane some 50 years after his transition.

Listen to the Sun. Aug. 27, 2017 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 nickel industry in the revolutionary Caribbean Island-nation of Cuba; Venezuela is still very much a beneficiary of the solidarity effort of Havana in the time of pressing need; United States President Donald Trump announced last week that he would escalate the Pentagon troop presence in Afghanistan; and the Angolan security forces were deployed in mass to guard against any effort to undermine the recently-held national parliamentary and presidential elections. In the second hour we continue our coverage of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) 37th Summit held in Pretoria, Republic of South Africa. Finally we conclude our monthlong Black August commemorative programming with a rare archival interview with Black Panther Party for Self Defense Minister of Information Eldridge Cleaver who appeared on Firing Line in Nov. 1968.

Listen to the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast for Aug. 26, 2017 hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the 57th anniversary of the founding of the Federation of Cuban women; the South American state of Venezuela has received international support for its revolutionary process under the Bolivarian Republic; elections in the Southern African state of Angola has returned the ruling Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) back to office; and finally the New York Times has published an article on the role of African American cultural workers in the former USSR. During the second hour we present the opening and closing addresses delivered by Republic of South Africa President Jacob Zuma to the 37th Summit of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) held in Pretoria on Aug. 19-20.In the last hour we continue our month-long commemoration of Black August with a rare archival interview with Black Panther Party for Self Defense co-founder Dr. Huey P. Newton from 1973.

Listen to the Sun. Aug. 20, 2017 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 Zimbabwe Defense Forces Day where President Robert Mugabe paid tribute to the military of the Southern African state; the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has commemorated the 72nd anniversary of the triumph of the national liberation forces against Japanese imperialism; the Chinese media has published an editorial indicating that the politicization of trade by the United States will damage damage relations with Washington; and activists packed the courtroom in Durham, North Carolina to support members of Workers World Party and other anti-racist organizations who are facing prosecution for the destruction of a confederate statue on Aug. 15. In the second hour we continue our focus on Black August with an interview by Gerald Horne on the Haitian Revolution. Finally we present a rare archival interview with Black Panther Party Field Marshall George L. Jackson from 1971 just several months before he was assassinated.