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Africa News Tonight
Africa News Tonight is a lively news magazine show featuring VOA correspondent reports, interviews with African officials, opposition leaders, NGOs and human rights activists. News feature stories look at science and technology, environmental issues, humanitarian topics, the African diaspora, business, arts and culture.
Sonny Side of Sports
Cameroonian football fans say they've had problems buying tickets for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament, which kicks off January 9 in the capital, Yaounde. We'll hear from a few of those fans on Wednesday's show. Also, African football analyst David Kwallimwa will take a look at AFCON Group F, which features Tunisia, Mali, Gambia and Mauritania. And Craig Gabriel will have a report on world number-one Novak Djokovic receiving a medical exemption to enter the country and defend his men's singles title at the Australian Open tennis tournament, which begins January 17.
Up Front
On this fresh, fast-paced show, co-hosts Jackson Mvunganyi, in the U.S., and Nadia Samie, in Africa, talk to teens and young adults about Politics,trends, lifestyles, health, entertainment, and other issues touching listeners’ lives [30 minutes].Check out the Upfront blog at www.upfrontafrica.com
Africa News Tonight
Africa News Tonight is a lively news magazine show featuring VOA correspondent reports, interviews with African officials, opposition leaders, NGOs and human rights activists. News feature stories look at science and technology, environmental issues, humanitarian topics, the African diaspora, business, arts and culture. Music and the popular sports segment, Sonny Side of Sports, round out the show.
The Return of African Heritage to the Continent [simulcast]
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests discuss the significance of European and U.S. museums returning African art and objects looted during colonial times. Guests include Ndubuisi C. Ezeluomba, an African art curator at New Orleans Museum of Art, Dan Hicks, professor and author of “The Brutish Museums” and Oluwatoyin Sogbesan, a cultural historian and curator.