Listen to the Sun. Aug. 19, 2018 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features reports on the objection by the government of the Republic of Tanzania to criticism leveled by the United States government over a by-election; Mozambique is still grappling with the mounting debt crisis to the international banking industry; Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa says that he will not lose any sleep over the continuation of the economic embargo against this Southern African state; and the celebration of the life of Aretha Franklin is ongoing in Detroit and around the world. We look back at some of the contributions of Aretha Franklin and her presence within popular media.