Pan-African Journal: Special Worldwide Radio Broadcast

Listen to the Fri. June 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 upcoming 29th Summit of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; the United States has reduced its contributions to the United Nations Peacekeeping missions affecting the situation in the Darfur region of Sudan; Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has rejected a bill related to diplomatic privileges for officials in the region; and South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa recently spoke at the South African Communist Party Gala Dinner on the state of the tripartite alliance. In the second hour we conclude our monthlong focus on Black Music Month examining the history of the Blues. Finally we look at the life, times and contributions of Jazz vocalist Billie Holiday.