[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”11415″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”February 11, 1990 – Nelson Mandela Release from Prison – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Events moved quickly in 1990, culminating in the release from Prison of Nelson Mandela on February 11, 1990. A crowd of some 50,000 supporters assembled outside the Courthouse in Cape
February 4, 1997 – BBC World Service – Newsdesk – February 4, 1997 – Elections in Pakistan – Civil War in Zaire – Civil War in Colombia – Hostage drama in Lima – violent crackdowns on protestors in Belgrade bringing widespread condemnation – assassination of a Roman Catholic Bishop on
This day in 1978 saw President Jimmy Carter give his first Press Conference of 1978. And by the looks and sounds of it, the political year would have enough drama to go around. Taking center stage was the crisis in Africa between Somalia and Ethiopia, taking place around the Ogaden
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”11942″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”January 7, 1945 – Cedric Foster News and Commentary – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Change the names and the circumstances and this could just as easily be almost any recent year as it was this day in 1957. The Middle East; the perennial powder-keg,
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”54246″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”January 1, 1956 – New World – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] 1956 seems so deep in the distant past that to many, any discussion of it would be purely in the abstract. But 1956 was a pivotal year on many levels,
December 28, 1997 – BBC World Service – Newshour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 28, 1997 – Busy day as 1997 rapidly comes to a close. Bird Flu was sweeping Hong Kong and the culprit was found to be its Poultry population. So the authorities ordered the mass
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Tony Allen – live at Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris – September 9, 2017 – Radio France Musique – A little support goes a really long way: Become a Patron! More sad news this week – word from Paris last Thursday that legendary drummer Tony Allen had passed away.
