Pan-African Journal

Listen to this 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 withdrawal of Burundi from the International Criminal Court; an African journalist says that the continent can develop its own mechanism for holding people accountable for human rights violations; there are new developments in the relationship between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Zimbabwe involving the construction of an industrial park; and former African National Congress President Oliver Tambo has been remembered by South Africans with longtime involvement in the national liberation struggle. In the second and third hours we continue our monthlong focus on the 50th anniversary of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense. The broadcast will present additional rare audio files featuring Minister of Information Eldridge Cleaver and Chairman Bobby Seale from 1968 and 1969.

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 much-dreaded upcoming national presidential and congressional elections inside the United States; the war is continuing for the recapture of Mosul from the Islamic State in Iraq; the fith anniversary of the overthrow of the Libyan government has focused attention on the failure of US foreign policy under the Obama administration; and another media corporate merger is witnessing the acquistion of Time Warner by AT&T. In the second and third hours we continue our monthlong commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense in Oakland, Calif. This episode feature BPP Minister of Information and 1968 Peace and Freedom Party presidential candidate Eldridge Cleaver speaking during the summer of 1968 at Syracus University on the-then efforts to free leader Huey P. Newton.

Listen to this live broadcast from the International League of People's Struggle (ILPS) United States chapter conference held in Chicago, Illiinois on Oct. 22, 2016. In this section of the conference you will hear several speakers including Bernadette Elorin the chairperson of the U.S. chapter, Paul Quintos the research director for ILPS, Lyn Meza of the International Coordinating Group and Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire and the host of this program. Other parts of the program including comments during a breakout session and other aspects of the conference

Listen to the Sun. Oct. 16, 2016 Pan-African Journal: Special 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 efforts to combat corruption in the Southern African state of Zimbabwe; the European Union has announced that it will provide financial assistance to the nation of Zambia in the aftermath of a national election; the widow of Keith Lamont Scott who was killed by police in Charlotte, North Carolina has blamed racism for her husband's death; and a house lived in by the Civil Rights and Peace martyr Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. when he was a student at Crozier Theological Seminary in Boston is going to be saved from planned demolition. In the second hour we welcome guest Bluesologist Norman Otis Richmond of Toronto where we discuss the life and legacy of Alprentince Bunchy Carter as part of our monthlong commemoration of the history of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense. Finally we will hear a rare archival audio file of an interview with BPPSD co-founder Huey P. Newton while he awaited trial in Oakland, California for the killing of a white police officer in 1968.

Listen to this 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 warning by the South African government calling for an end to violent protest over the issue of free education inside the country; there have been 56 deaths of Kenyan Defense Forces troops on the border with neighboring Somalia; the Ethiopian government has declared a state of emergency in the aftermath of the unrest that has spread throughout the Horn of Africa state over the last few weeks; and the disaster in Haiti worsens in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew where hundreds have died and thousands more left homeless. In the second hour we continue our monthlong commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense by listening to a rare archival recording of Stokely Carmichael, later known as Kwame Ture, delivering a major address at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) on May 24, 1967. Carmichael discussed Black Power, Civil Rights, urban rebellions, coalitions with whites, violence and nonviolence, and the United States imperialist war against Vietnam, among other issues of the day.

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 dismissal of a purported travel advisory issued by the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Two police officers have been killed in a shotout in Palm Springs, California; workers in South Africa staged a one-day work stoppage on October 7 to demand decent jobs and salaries; and fallout continues surrounding the deaths of dozens of Ethiopians and an American academic during distrubances last week. In the second hour we speak with Toronto bluesologist Norman Otis Richmond on the significance of the 90th birthday of Jazz legend John Coltrane. We conclude in the final segment by continuing our monthlong commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense,

Listen to this 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 17th Congress of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) held in Durban, South Africa while the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) staged a one-day work stoppage to demand decent employment inside the country; Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has addressed parliament announcing measures to reform the Southern African nation's beleagured econony; fighting continues in Libya over control of oil resources and the strategic city of Sirte; and finally the United States presidential campaign is wracked by scandals involving the release of excerpts from speeches delivered by Hillary Clinton on Wall Street and a recording of Donald Trump from 2005 making derogatory statements about women. In the second and third hours we continue our monthlong commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in Oakland, California.

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 recent car bombing in the capital of Mogadishu in the Horn of Africa state of Somalia; demonstrations are continuing in the city of Pasadena, California in the aftermath of a police shooting of an African American; protests are ongoing in El Cajon, California near San Diego where police are seeking to justify the cop killing of an Ugandan migrant said to have been in possession of an electronic cigarette; and the Los Angles police have drawn sharp criticism after an officer shot to death Carnell Shell, Jr. last evening. The second and final hours brings you another segment on the 50th anniversary recognition of the founding of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense in Oakland, California.

Listen to this 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 current situations Zimbabwe where the ruling ZANU-PF party has stressed that it has taken a unified position on fundamental issues impacting the country; the International Criminal Court says it will look into the unrest following the disputes surrounding the recent elections; the Democratic Republic of Congo is opposing the sanctions imposed by the United States; and the people of Mozambique and other Southern African states are commemorating the upcoming 30th anniversary of the assassination of former President Samora Machel. During the second hour we will begin a monthlong recognition of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. We will revisit audio files from the history of the organization and its significance in the present era.

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 threat of African states to withdraw from the United Nations if they are not delgated two seats on the Security Council; demonstrations are continuing in Charlotte, North Carolina in the aftermath of the release of a video showing the police killing of Keith Lamont Scott; the Syrian government is continuing to battle US-backed insurgents as a ceasefire agreement collapses; and the EU member-state of Hungary has suggested that a "migrant city" be created in Libya to curb the flight of people into Europe. In the second hour we will talk with Bluesologist Norman Otis Richmond of Toronto on the 90th birthday commemoration for Jazz artist John Coltrane. In the final hour we will examine further the life and times of John Coltrane through a rare audio documentary.