• Source: Africa Now!

      • Africa Now! is a progressive weekly radio show that focuses on issues concerning the African world. It is based in Washington, D.C. The program airs on WPFW(89.3) radio, part of the Pacifica Radio network, in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. It also airs nationally and internationally online. It is listener supported.


      Background


      Africa Now! was founded on Pacifica Radio station in Washington, D.C. It brings together scholars, activists, authors, NGOs, and politicians to engage in topics centered on the African world.


      Hosts


      Mwiza Munthali, activist (2009 – current)


      Notable guests, interviews and on-air debates


      Dr. Molefi Asante, African American scholar, historian, and philosopher
      Karen Bass, U.S. Representative for California's 33rd congressional district.
      Dr. Horace G. Campbell, Jamaican-born, Noted international peace and justice scholar and Professor of African American Studies and Political Science at Syracuse University
      Dr. Clayborne Carson, African-American professor of history at Stanford University, and director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute
      Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, African-American academic, and Director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African Art
      Edwidge Danticat, Haitian-American author
      Walter Fauntroy, American pastor, civil rights activist and politician
      Haile Gerima Ethiopian-born independent filmmaker, scholar, and activist
      Danny Glover, American actor/activist
      Dr. Sylvia Hill, African-American scholar, activist
      Ahmed Kathrada, South African politician and former anti-apartheid activist
      Dr. Clarence Lusane, African-American scholar/activist
      Firoze Manji, Kenyan-born author, publisher
      Gay McDougal, UN rapporteur on minority rights and law professor.
      Dr. Ronald Walters, leading African-American scholar/activist


      References




      External links


      Africa Now! website
      WPFW
      TransAfrica Forum

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