Pan-African Journal

Listen to this edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This program will feature our regular PANW report with dispatches on the poisoning of the water in the Michigan city of Flint in the United States and the declaration of a state of emergency by right-wing Gov. Rick Snyder aimed up covering up the role of the state and private interests in this social calamity; there are problems within the ruling party in Tunisia just months after its ascendancy to public office inside the North Africa state which was the birthplace of the North African uprising some five years ago; a series of attacks in Egypt have highlighted the precarious security situation and its impact on the national economy; and counter-revolutionary elements in Venezuela who now control the parliament are threatening to launch an effort to oust socialist President Nicolas Maduro from office. In the second hour we continue our monthlong commemoration of the 87th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by assessing his contribution to the struggle against racism and against war in the US and internationally. Finally we examine the role of the British army in Kenya during 1952-1956 where hundreds of thousands were detained and thousands killed during the so-called state of emergency imposed by London aimed at halting the rebellion launched by the Kenya Land and Freedom Army, popularly known as the Mau Mau.

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This program features our regular PANW reports with dispatches on the declining value of the South African rand during the final days of 2015; the Southern African state of Zimbabwe has announced through its government media that a threatened strike by civil servants over the delay in the payment of holiday bonuses has been averted; the United Nations envoy to Libya Martin Kobler was forced to halt a press conference at the airport outside the capital of Tripoli amid much fanfare over a so-called unity accord where the majority of members of the two rival regimes have failed to approve; and there has been demonstrations in Iran and other countries in response to the execution of 47 people in Saudi Arabia including a leading Shiite cleric Sheik Nimr al-Nimr. In the second hour we continue our month-long tribute to the 87th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through a lecture by labor historian Michael Honey on the civil rights leader's intervention in the Memphis santitation workers strike of early 1968, the last political campaign leading to his assassination on April 4 of that year. Finally we review a lecture delivered at Oxford University by Winnie Byanyima, the executive director of Oxfam International, asking the question: Is Africa Rising?

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This program features our regular PANW reports with dispatches on the declining value of the South African rand during the final days of 2015; the Southern African state of Zimbabwe has announced through its government media that a threatened strike by civil servants over the delay in the payment of holiday bonuses has been averted; the United Nations envoy to Libya Martin Kobler was forced to halt a press conference at the airport outside the capital of Tripoli amid much fanfare over a so-called unity accord where the majority of members of the two rival regimes have failed to approve; and there has been demonstrations in Iran and other countries in response to the execution of 47 people in Saudi Arabia including a leading Shiite cleric Sheik Nimr al-Nimr. In the second hour we continue our month-long tribute to the 87th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through a lecture by labor historian Michael Honey on the civil rights leader's intervention in the Memphis santitation workers strike of early 1968, the last political campaign leading to his assassination on April 4 of that year. Finally we review a lecture delivered at Oxford University by Winnie Byanyima, the executive director of Oxfam International, asking the question: Is Africa Rising?

Listen to this edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This program will feature our regular PANW reports with dispatches on events in the United States surrounding the Black Lives Matter Movement in Cleveland over the failure of a grand jury to indict two white police officers in the death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice and in Washington, D.C. where demonstrations were held in the nation's capital where the federal government has failed to take action aimed at halting racist state-sponsored violence against the African American people; in Haiti two Rwandan peacekeeping soldiers were found dead recently amid an announcement that the U.S.-backed president has set a date for the run-off elections inside this Caribbean island-nation; in the Central African state of Burundi violence has continued against the government of President Pierre Nkurunziza as the African Union is threatening to deploy a military force inside the agriculturally based landlocked state; and in the North African state of Algeria a co-founder of the national independence movement, the FLN, Hocinda Ait Ahmed has been buried in his hometown which was designated by the government as a state funeral despite Ait Ahmed's longtime exile from the country. In the second hour we being our monthlong commemoration of the 87th birthday of the martyred civil rights and peace leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. looking at race relations during 1966 to the present. Finally an interview on the relationship between cotton production and capitalism inside the U.S. is examined.

Listen to this edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This program will feature our regular PANW reports with dispatches on events in the United States surrounding the Black Lives Matter Movement in Cleveland over the failure of a grand jury to indict two white police officers in the death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice and in Washington, D.C. where demonstrations were held in the nation's capital where the federal government has failed to take action aimed at halting racist state-sponsored violence against the African American people; in Haiti two Rwandan peacekeeping soldiers were found dead recently amid an announcement that the U.S.-backed president has set a date for the run-off elections inside this Caribbean island-nation; in the Central African state of Burundi violence has continued against the government of President Pierre Nkurunziza as the African Union is threatening to deploy a military force inside the agriculturally based landlocked state; and in the North African state of Algeria a co-founder of the national independence movement, the FLN, Hocinda Ait Ahmed has been buried in his hometown which was designated by the government as a state funeral despite Ait Ahmed's longtime exile from the country. In the second hour we being our monthlong commemoration of the 87th birthday of the martyred civil rights and peace leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. looking at race relations during 1966 to the present. Finally an interview on the relationship between cotton production and capitalism inside the U.S. is examined.

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This broadcast features our regular PANW reports discussing developments in Chicago where the police have shot dead two African Americans; the advent of African apps and their implications; looking at the status of free speech in Africa; and the continuing presence of Kenyan Defense Force troops in Somalia. In the second hour we will listen to the IV installment of the Massey Lectures delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. over the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in late 1967. Finally we listen to a lecture on the internet in Africa by Andile Ngcaba at Oxford University.

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This broadcast features our regular PANW reports discussing developments in Chicago where the police have shot dead two African Americans; the advent of African apps and their implications; looking at the status of free speech in Africa; and the continuing presence of Kenyan Defense Force troops in Somalia. In the second hour we will listen to the IV installment of the Massey Lectures delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. over the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in late 1967. Finally we listen to a lecture on the internet in Africa by Andile Ngcaba at Oxford University.

Listen to this edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. We will feature our regular PANW report with dispatches on events surrounding the continuing anti-racist demonstrations in Chicago demanding the resignation of Mayor Rahm Emanuel for concealing information related to the police killings of African Americans; a former military officer in Burundi has announced the formation of a rebel army aimed at the overthrow of President Pierre Nkurunzizia; the recently-signed so-called peace accord in Libya will not be enough to bring about peace and stability inside this embattled North African state; the rise of BRICS and its role within the International Monetary Fund; and the question of unity within the Zimbabwe state.In the second hour we listen to the third installment of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Massey Lectures aired over the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in late 1967. Finally we hear a lecture from the Oxford series on the relationship between Kwame Nkrumah, religion and chieftancy from Ghana to the United States.

Listen to this edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. We will feature our regular PANW report with dispatches on events surrounding the continuing anti-racist demonstrations in Chicago demanding the resignation of Mayor Rahm Emanuel for concealing information related to the police killings of African Americans; a former military officer in Burundi has announced the formation of a rebel army aimed at the overthrow of President Pierre Nkurunzizia; the recently-signed so-called peace accord in Libya will not be enough to bring about peace and stability inside this embattled North African state; the rise of BRICS and its role within the International Monetary Fund; and the question of unity within the Zimbabwe state.In the second hour we listen to the third installment of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Massey Lectures aired over the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in late 1967. Finally we hear a lecture from the Oxford series on the relationship between Kwame Nkrumah, religion and chieftancy from Ghana to the United States.

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. In this episode we will present our regular PANW report with dispatches on events in Somalia where yet another bomb blast has killed several people in the capital of Mogadishu; the Egyptian government remains uneasy about developments surrounding the Ethiopian Great Renaissance Dam which will challenge the British colonial construct surrounding the use of Nile waters; supporters of the African National Congress in South Africa are saying that the demonstrations against President Jacob Zuma last week derives from a regime-change strategy; and the president of the West African state of Niger says that his administration has foiled an attempted military coup. In the second hour we will continue our examination of events in the Central African state of Burundi where the African Union and the United Nations are alarmed at the escalation of political violence. Finally we look at the Detroit bankruptcy one year later through an interview conducted at its conclusion in December 2014 with host Abayomi Azikiwe over the prn.fm.