Listen to the Sun. June 2, 2024 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This episode features our PANW report with dispatches on the official outcome of the South African elections; Russian air defense has downed two MIG-29 Ukranian warplanes; Russia has warned NATO of possible retaliation for use of its weapons; and Mexico is voting for a new president. We are continuing our annual commemoration of Black Music Month with reviews of the contributions of Egyptian composer Sayed Darwish. Later we look into the history of African American traditional music. Finally, we reexamined the role of women through the works of Evelyn Preer, Blanche Calloway, Mammie Smith, Bessie Smith and Lil Green.