Africa Now! is Washington, DC’s only program dedicated to covering the issues facing the continent and the entire African Diaspora. The show airs every Wednesday on WPFW- the Pacifica station in Washington, DC. Africa Now! has welcomed noted activists and scholars such as Molefi Asante, Edwidge Danticat, Danny Glover, Ahmed Kathrada and Firoze Manji; and hosted members of Congress; civic society leaders from Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America and the U.S.; and the wives of African heads of state. The show has explored Egypt, Haiti, Colombia, Sudan, Zimbabwe and the cross culture of jazz between the U.S. and Africa with other WPFW programmers as our guests.Wednesday
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September 28, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 08:00PM Topics: DRC one year after the release of the UN report Mapping Human Rights Violations 1993-2003 and the pending elections; and the music and film of Congolese band Staff Benda Bilili; and the Campaign for Growth. Guests: Bahati Jacques Ntama, Policy Analyst for Africa Faith and Justice Network. Renaud Barret, Co-Director of the film Benda Bilili!
Tune into Africa Now! Live on WPFW 89.3 FM or visit www.wpfw.org on Wednesdays from 11am to Noon.