Africa Now!
| Genre | Talk show,current affairs, |
|---|---|
| Running time | 60 minutes weekly (Wednesdays) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | Pacifica Radio,WPFW(89.3) |
| Hosted by | Mwiza Munthali |
| Produced by | James Pope |
| Executive producer(s) | Joia Jefferson Nuri |
| Recording studio | Washington, D.C. |
| Original release | 1998 – present |
| Audio format | Stereophonic sound |
| Website | transafrica |
Africa Now!is a progressive weekly radio show that focuses on issues concerning the African world. It is based inWashington, D.C.[1]The program airs onWPFW(89.3) radio, part of thePacifica Radionetwork, in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. It also airs nationally and internationally online. It is listener supported.[2]
Background
[edit]Africa Now!was founded onPacifica Radiostation in Washington, D.C. It brings together scholars, activists, authors, NGOs, and politicians to engage in topics centered on the African world.
Hosts
[edit]- Mwiza Munthali,activist (2009 – current)[3]
Notable guests, interviews and on-air debates
[edit]- 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 ofAfrican American Studiesand Political Science atSyracuse 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-American author
- Walter Fauntroy,American pastor, civil rights activist and politician
- Haile GerimaEthiopian-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
[edit]- ^Wednesday (2011-09-28)."Justice for the African World – AFRICA NOW".TransAfrica. Archived fromthe originalon 2012-08-30.Retrieved2012-10-19.
- ^"About Us | AFRICA NOW".Africanow.wordpress.com. 2007-02-26.Retrieved2012-10-19.
- ^"National Museum of African Art / Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole".2012-11-18. Archived fromthe originalon 2012-11-18.Retrieved2021-07-13.
- ^"National Museum of African Art / Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole".Archived fromthe originalon 2012-11-18.Retrieved2012-10-11.