Broadcast Schedule
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
On Wednesday's show, Sonny continues his preview of the World Athletics Awards, which will be a virtual ceremony on December 1. Kenya's two-time Olympic 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon is a finalist for the World Female Athlete of the Year award. The 27-year-old Kipyegon retained her Olympic title in Tokyo this year after giving birth to her first child in 2018. Also on the program, "Iron Mike" Mbonye talks with Football analyst Fisayo Dairo in Nigeria about the facial injury suffered by top Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen.
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.