Pan-African Journal: Special Worldwide Radio Broadcast

Listen to the Tues. June 4, 2024 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This episode features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the statement delivered by the Congresss of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) on the recently held elections; the South African Communist Party (SACP) has met to discuss the results of the May 29 national elections; and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has visited several African states. In the second and third hours we continue our annual commemoration of Black Music Month looking at the origins of the music and some of its outstanding contributors. We hear music from Dr. Nico Kasanda, the legendary Congolese guitarist and composer. Later we reexamine the life, times and contributions of blues artist Willie McTell of Georgia. Finally, we review the historical development of African American music.