Pan-African Journal

Listen to the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. We will feature our regular PANW reports with dispatches on the Orlando club massacre where 50 people have been reportedly killed; there is still a severe economic crisis in the United States as revealed by a recent survey published in the media; the fighting is continuing for the control of the Libyan city of Sirte; and the Zimbabwe government is searching internationally for funds looted from the diamond sector inside the country. We will continue our focus on the 50th anniversary of the Black Power movement with audio files from Stokely Carmichael and Assatta Shakur.

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 will feature our regular PANW reports with dispatches on the increasing United States interference in the internal affairs of South Africa and the entire Southern Africa region; President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has delivered a speech on the shortages of currency inside the country; the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has issued an appeal to the U.S. calling for a new reorientation away from war and aggression against the socialist state; and fighting is continuing between forces loyal to the United Nations imposed Government of National Accord (GNA) in Libya and the IS forces based in Sirte. In the second hour we continue our commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Black Power movement examining a debate between the-then SNCC Chairman Stokely Carmichael and a leading racist propagandist in 1966. Also Muhammad Ali was laid to rest in Louisville, Kentucky on June 10. We will listen to excerpts of interviews with Muhammad when he was facing the heavywieght championship fight with Sonny Liston in early 1964.

Listen to this 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 recently-held African-Caribbean, Pacific Summit where Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe addressed the gathering on the need for greater economic unity; the US embassy has warned that South Africa could be a target for a terrorist attack; Iran has criticized a US State Department reports claiming that Tehran supports terrorism; and the clashes continue in Libya between the so-called Islamic State and other political forces. We will also look at the 50th anniversary of the Black Power movement through several audio files highlighting Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) and others.

Listen to this edition of the Pan-African News Wire hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. We will feature our regular PANW report with dispatches on the death of boxing and political legend Muhammad Ali;  there are plans drafted by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to pursue alternative sources of funding for its regional economic agenda; South Africa is avoiding fears of a further meltdown in regard to its capacity to retain and attract source of investment; Brazil ousted President Dilma Rousseff is preparing for impeachment proceeding scheduled to begin soon; and the People's Republic of China is resisting claims against its declaration of sovereignty over islands in the South Sea. In the second hour we begin a month-long commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Black Power movement. We will provide audio files and analysis of the opposition of Muhammad Ali to the Vietnam war. Also we hear the voice of Stokely Carmichael, later known as Kwame Ture, discussing urban rebellion and opposition to the Vietnam war in 1966, the year Black Power became a rallying cry for the African American masses. In addition we will examine a rare interview with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his views on Vietnam and Black Power. Finally we present a recording of African American soldiers expressing their opposition to the Vietnam war during the early 1970s.

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 escalating southern-based insurgency in the Federal Republic of Nigeria; the Arab League summit in Cairo, Egypt has criticized the State of Israel for its refusal to participate in multi-lateral talks aimed at the independence of Palestine; there have been numerous violations of a ceasefire agreement between the Syrian government and its armed opposition; and more than 900 migrants have died during their journeys across the Mediterranean enroute to Europe. During the second hour we conclude the monthlong commemoration of African Liberation Day through an examination of the assassination of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba who was overthrown and assassinated by the imperialists during 1960-61. Finally we look at another political assassination which impacted the African continent which was that of Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso in October 1987.

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. Our program features the regular PANW report with dispatches on the aftermath of the Zimbabwe Africa Day called the Million Man March where hundreds of thousands came out to demonstrate their support for the ruling ZANU-PF government; there is a renewed insurgency in the oil-producing southern region of the West Africa state of Nigeria launched by an organization which has destroyed production facilities over the last several weeks causing an oil shortage inside the continent's largest economy and populated state; former South African president and ANC leader Nelson Mandela's will was read this week prompting widespread international attention; and former first lady and political prisoner Simone Gbagbo had her appeal rejected last week by the neo-colonial courts in the West African state of Ivory Coast. In the second hour we interview Toronto Bluesologist Norman Otis Richmond who discusses the campaign to officially reestablish Black Music Month in the United States. The final hour concludes our monthlong commemoration of Africa Liberation Day through a continuation of the recognition of Shirley Graham DuBois and other luminaries in the Pan-African struggle

Listen to the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. We will feature our regular PANW reports with dispatches on the social impact of the Zimbabwe Million Man March held in honor of Africa Day in Harare; the South African parliament has taken up a land appropriations bill sponsosred by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in preparations for the upcoming local governmental elections this August; there are renewed threats by Britain and the Republican nominee for the presidential elections in the United States to carry out military actions against the North African state of Libya; and a program sponsored by Wells Fargo bank raises questions about who actually speaks for the Black Lives Matter movement. In the second hour we hear a rebroadcast of Community Progressive Radio based in New York City featuring host Abayomi Azikiwe discussing the continuing relevance of Africa Liberation Day (ALD). Finally in commemoration of ALD we listen to reflections on the contributions of Shirley Graham DuBois, Amy Ashwood Garvey and Claudia Jones.

Enjoy our broadcast live from the Left Forum in New York City.

Enjoy or remote broadcast this weekend from the Left Forum in NYC.

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. During this program we feature our regular PANW report with dispatches on the recent announcement by the Zimbabwe government saying that there will be a ban on exports of mineral resources; South African President Jacob Zuma said at a campaign speech for the local government elections that the ANC would propose a new land reform bill inside the country; China has set a record in the production of steel; and African American turnout in the primary process in the United States is fraught with a lack of enthusiasm and participation despite the growth in the mass struggle. In the second hour we continue our monthlong focus commemorating the 53rd anniversary of Africa Liberation Day through an examination of the views of Malcolm X after he returned from his tour of Africa and the Middle East in May 1964. Finally, we hear an interview with Robert F. Williams while he was in Tanzania in 1968 discussing the national liberation struggle in the U.S. and the Chinese Cultural Revolution which began 50 years ago.