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..[1] 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.[2]

Africa Now!
Genretalk show, current affairs,
Running time60 minutes weekly (Wednesdays)
Country of originUnited States
Language(s)English
Home stationPacifica Radio, WPFW(89.3)
Hosted byMwiza Munthali
Produced byJames Pope
Executive producer(s)Joia Jefferson Nuri
Recording studioWashington D.C.
Original release1998 – present
Audio formatStereophonic sound
Websitetransafrica.org/africa-now

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

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[4]
  • Edwidge Danticat, Haitian author
  • Walter Fauntroy
  • 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
  1. Wednesday (2011-09-28). "Justice for the African World - AFRICA NOW". TransAfrica. Archived from the original on 2012-08-30. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
  2. "About Us | AFRICA NOW". Africanow.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20121118074650/http://africa.si.edu/cole/radio.html. Archived from the original on November 18, 2012. Retrieved October 11, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-11-18. Retrieved 2012-10-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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