ShowDiasporic Music
Broadcast TitleYves Engler; Al-Nisa Barbara Banks; Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Broadcast Date2014-01-26
Record Date2014-01-26
SummaryYves Engler, activist and author of 'THE UGLY CANADIAN: Stephen Harper's Foreign Policy, returns to discuss Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's first visit to Israel. Richmond interviews Al-Nisa Barbara Banks, editor of the Challenger Community News in Buffalo, N.Y. In 1980, Banks was honored by the United Nation's Black American-Arab Friendship Committee for fair and objective reporting. She has also been honored as Citizens of the Year by Buffalo News Magazine. Music from Ivory Coast-born Fatoumata Diawara from Mali, German-Congolese artist and composer Mayembe Malayika and more! Musical tribute to the slain Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who would have celebrated his 85th birthday on January 15th, 2014. Diasporic Music. News that you can use, songs that you can trust. Visit Norman (Otis) Richmond aka Jalali on Facebook.