Spotlight Africa

Host: Assumpta Oturu

Spotlight Africa documents African reality in politics, economics, current affairs, social and women issues. On a weekly basis, Spotlight Africa, on Saturdays at 12:00 pm, uniquely presents an in-depth analysis of developments on the continent from the perspective of African intellectuals, Activists, policymakers, politicians, diplomats and Africanists, so African too can be better understood as the realities of today's globalized world, so demand. It is in that spirit, that one day, news about Africa, the developments in Africa, the politics of Africa, the economics of Africa, the current affairs of Africa, and social and women issues of Africa will attain the rightful center stage in the world arena, in the way news from other parts of the world, today dominate the global media.

Online archives: https://archive.kpfk.org/index_one.php?shokey=spotlightafrica

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Schedule

Nightscapes or Due Diligence
4:00am - 6:00am

Giving you the music to make you think, feel, expand your dreams, reach for the stars and grow your mind. Playing an eclectic blend of low-fi, chilled out neo-soul, jazz, rock, blues, and a few classics. No holds barred, anything goes--DJ Jillian Rise
Edna Tatum's Gospel Classics
6:00am - 8:00am

with host Gil Fears
Alan Watts
8:00am - 8:30am

For more than forty years, Alan Watts has earned a reputation as one of the foremost interpreters of Eastern philosophies for the West. Beginning at age sixteen, when he wrote essays for the journal of the Buddhist Lodge in London, he developed an audienc
Anti-War Radio
8:30am - 9:00am

with Scott Horton

Events

POSTPONED: Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles
Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles at Regal L.A. Live
5th Apr at Regal LA Live: A Barco Innovation Center
KPFK - Committee of Inclusion.
Conference Call info TBD (to be posted 24 hrs prior) To address issues of those underrepresented or excluded from process at KPFK
6th Apr at Teleconference
KPFK - Fundraising Committee Meeting
Conference Call info TBD (to be posted 24 hrs prior): Purpose is to revive the KPFK LSB Fundraising Committee, which has been dormant, discuss the role the LSB can play individually and/or collectively in raising funds, including brainstorming possible projects, and consider a motion to revive the KPFK Development Task Force.
7th Apr at Teleconference
KPFK LSB Finance Committee
KPFK Local Station Board Finance Committee Meeting
8th Apr at KPFK Station
CANCELLED: TCM Film Festival 2020
TCM Film Festival 2020
16th Apr at Roosevelt Hotel