Pan-African Journal

Listen to the Fri. April 21, 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 ongoing negotiations between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over the Great Renaissance Dam Project; Egypt and Sudan are discussing the need for a shift in media discourse between the two countries; the Egyptian government says it has assassinated a key leader from the Islamist group operating in the Sinai; and finally two Egyptians with United States passports have been released from a three year term in prison. In the second hour we will host Toronto-based bluesologist Norman Otis Richmond who will discuss the recent passings of Darcus Howe, Mike Hamlim and Cuba Goddings, Sr. The final segment looks back on the historical contributions of African American workers struggle in Detroit during the early 1970s.

Listen to the Thurs. April 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 25th anniversary of the Pyongyang Declaration on the ongoing struggle for world socialism; the Republic of Zimbabwe has commerated the 37th anniversary of its national independence; the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has congratulated the recently-appointed Deputy Finance Minister Chris Malikane; and in the United States a judge has stayed the execution of several death row inmates in the state of Arkansas. In the second hour we look at the role of independent journalist I.F. Stone in exposing the official untruths surrounding the Korean and Vietnamese wars of the 1950s through the 1970s. The final segment examines the false narrative surrounding the so-called revitalization of the city of Detroit.

Listen to the April 18, 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 37th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Zimbabwe; the British Prime Minister Theressa May has called for snap elections in less than two months; German Chancellor Angela Merkel is defending the concept of free trade and globalization at the G20 Summit; and the Turkish government is extending its state of emergency in the aftermath of a controversial national referendum. In the second hour we look at the 37th anniversary of the independence of Zimbabwe through a speech delivered by President Robert Mugabe to the African Union in 2016 when he was the chairperson. Finally we look at the contributions of revolutionary Cuba in the African and world transformative movements since 1959.

Listen to the Thurs. April 13, 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 statement by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that the allegations of a chemical weapons attack by his government are a total fabrication;the Chinese envoy to Zimbabwe has reemphasized the strength of the bond between the two countries; President Jacob Zuma of South Africa is saying he is not fazed at all by the harsh criticism of his administration policies; and fighting is continuing between rival factions of the SPLA in South Sudan. In the second hour we are extending our tribute to Paul Robeson with an audio documentary on his life and contributions. Our final segment reviews an address delivered by Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois on the state of race relations in the United States during 1960.

Listen to the Tues. April 11, 2017 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire.  We will feature our regular PANW report with dispatches on the escalating tensions between the United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK); Wells Fargo bank is embroiled in yet another scandal after being exposed on numerous occassions; Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has declared a three months state of emergency in the aftermath of two bombings at Coptic Churches on Palm Sunday; and finally the number of migrants seeking asylum in Germany has declined in recent months. In the second hour our focus is on legendary athlete, artist, social scientist and activist Paul Robeson, Sr. We examine Robeson's testimony before a U.S. Senate investigative committee in 1948 and a radio interview delivered in California a decade later in 1958. The final hour reviews the work of social scientist and public intellectual Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois reviewing his contributions to Pan-Africanism and National Liberation struggles.

Listen to the Wed. April 5, 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 announcement by the African National Congress that its Members of Parliament will not support yet another motion of no-confidence contemplated by the opposition parties against Republic of South Africa President Jacob Zuma; the United Socialist Party of Venezuela is continuing its struggle against United States efforts to undermine the Bolivarian Revoution; Left-wing forces in Ecuador have defeated an attempt to reverse the Citizen's Revolution with the election of President Lenin Moreno; and Africans trained by the Cuban Communist Party government are paying tribute to the international solidarity exemplified by the Caribbean socialist state. In the second and third hours we continue our commemoration of the 49th anniversary of the martyrdom of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as we re-examine his develping social theory of the "Other America." Also we look again at the Selma Campaign of 1965 which was instrumental in winning the Voting Rights Act.

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 on the role of the New York City police in monitoring organizers of anti-racist protests; Russian security forces say they have identified the man responsible in the bombing of a subway station in St. Petersburg on Mon.; United States imperailist backed forces in Yemen are planning a major assault on the Port of Hodeidah in Yemen; and President Donald Trump has signed a repeal of the broadband privacy law. In the second and third hours we pay tribute to the life, times and contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the 49th anniversary of his assassination. Two major addresses delivered by Dr. King in March and April of 1967 on the U.S. war against the people of Vietnam will be reviewed.

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 will feature our regular PANW report with dispatches on the appeal to the African Union by African students in India after a series of racist attacks; the Brazilian politician who played a key role in the coup against the Brazil Worker's Party government of President Dilma Rousseff has been convicted of corruption; the Trump administration is appealing a restraining order against the latest entry ban on people from Africa and the Middle East; and the Republican Party is facing greater internal acrimony over the role of the conservative caucus and the offer by Gen. Michael Flynn to testify with immunity. In the second and third hours we conclude our monthlong commemoration of Women's History examining the contributions of Ruby Elzy and Kathleen Cleaver.

Listen to the Thurs. March 30, 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 recent passing of Ahmed Kathrada in South Africa; unrest continues in the West African state of Cameroon where teachers have gone on strike over non-payment of salaries; fighting continues for the control of the Iraqi city of Mosul; and UK Prime Minister Theressa May is preparing to exit from the EU. In the second hour we will present an audio documentary on the African American freedom fighter Assata Shakur. Finally we look back at the contributions of Ruby Elzy known as the Black Diva of the 20th century.

Listen to the Sun. March 19, 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 diamond industry which has shown some signs of recovery after last year's shutdown by the government; a recent summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has adopted a regional industrialization program; the battle for control over Libya oil has been resumed with armed conflicts in various regions in the east of the war torn North African state; and German defense has disputed a statement by United States President Donald Trump over the EU contribution to NATO. In the second hour we continue our monthlong focus on Women's History with an audio documentary on Ruby Elzy. In the final hour we hear a documentary on the history of African American freedom fighter Assata Shakur.