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Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast

06/04/22 • 194 min

Listen to the Sat. June 4, 2022 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. During the month of June we will celebrate the legacy of Black Music Month in the United States. This episode features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the announcement by a spokesperson for the Russian Federation government that the current situation in Ukraine could lead to World War III; rising food prices in Somalia are choking off the economic life of the Horn of Africa state; the nation of Chad has declared a food emergency inside the country; and a European Union (EU) military force has searched vessels off the coast of Libya in order to enforce a weapons ban. In the second and third hours we begin our commemoration of Black Music Month with a special focus on the roles of the cities of Detroit and Chicago in the origins of popular music during the post World War II era.

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Pan-African Journal: Special Worldwide Radio Broadcast

Listen to the Mon. May 30, 2022 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This is the final episode of our three part series for African Liberation Weekend, commemorating the 59th anniversary of the formation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the predecessor of today's African Union (AU). The program features our PANW report with dispatches on the impact of western sanctions against Russia on the international food chain supply; the South Sudan government has criticized the administration in Ghana for imposing an arms embargo on the country; there was an announcement by the military regime in the Republic of Sudan that the state of emergency has been lifted; and a former presidential candidate in Egypt has been sentenced to 15 years in detention. In the second and third hours we look at the armed phase of the African Revolution and the role of the Republic of Cuba.

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Pan-African Journal: Special Worldwide Radio Broadcast

Listen to the Sun. June 5, 2022 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This is our second episode in the commemoration of Black Music Month. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the call by the South African government for the strengthening of solidarity among the BRICS states; Namibia reports that activity at its major port has increased in recent weeks; there has been another Pentagon-coordinated airstrike in the Horn of Africa state of Somalia leaving five people dead; and the African Union has expressed concern over the rising food deficits in the Sahel region of the continent. In the second hour we look back on the history of African music which developed in the United States during and after the period of enslavement. In the final hour we will also look at the history of Jazz and its origins in the U.S.