''Africa Now!'' is a progressive weekly radio show that focuses on issues concerning the African world. It is based in
Washington, D.C.
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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
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Mwiza Munthali, activist (2009 – current)
Notable guests, interviews and on-air debates
* Dr.
Molefi Asante, African American scholar, historian, and philosopher
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Karen Bass
Karen Ruth Bass (; born October 3, 1953) is an American politician, social worker and former physician assistant who is serving as the 43rd mayor of Los Angeles since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, Bass had previously served in the U.S ...
, 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
Clayborne Carson (born June 15, 1944) is an American academic who is a professor of history at Stanford University and director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute. Since 1985, he has directed the Martin Luther King ...
, African-American professor of history at Stanford University, and director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute
* Dr.
Johnnetta B. Cole
Johnnetta Betsch Cole (born October 19, 1936) is an Americans, American anthropologist, educator, museum director, and college president. Cole was the first female African-American president of Spelman College, a historically black college, servin ...
, African-American academic, and Director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African Art
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Edwidge Danticat, Haitian-American author
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Walter Fauntroy
Walter Edward Fauntroy (born February 6, 1933) is an American pastor, civil rights activist, and politician who was a delegate to the United States House of Representatives and a candidate for the 1972 and 1976 Democratic presidential nomination ...
, American pastor, civil rights activist and politician
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Haile Gerima
Haile Gerima (born March 4, 1946) is an Ethiopian filmmaker who lives and works in the United States. He is a leading member of the L.A. Rebellion film movement, also known as the Los Angeles School of Black Filmmakers. His films have receiv ...
Ethiopian-born independent filmmaker, scholar, and activist
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Danny Glover, American actor/activist
* Dr.
Sylvia Hill, African-American scholar, activist
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Ahmed Kathrada
Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada (21 August 1929 – 28 March 2017), sometimes known by the nickname "Kathy", was a South African politician and anti-apartheid activist.
Kathrada's involvement in the anti-apartheid activities of the African National Con ...
, South African politician and former anti-apartheid activist
* Dr.
Clarence Lusane, African-American scholar/activist
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Firoze Manji, Kenyan-born author, publisher
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Gay McDougal, UN rapporteur on minority rights and law professor.
* Dr.
Ronald Walters, leading African-American scholar/activist
References
External links
''Africa Now!'' websiteWPFW
*TransAfrica Forum
TransAfrica (formerly ''TransAfrica Forum'') is an advocacy organization in Washington, D.C. that seeks to influence the foreign policy of the United States concerning African and Caribbean countries and all African diaspora groups. They are a re ...
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1998 radio programme debuts
Pacifica Foundation programs
Progressive talk radio
Works about Africa