CNN, Glo partner to celebrate 10 years of promoting African values vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
The programme, which made its debut on March 7, 2009, is sponsored by national telecommunications operator, Globacom.
African Voices has in the last 10 years celebrated outstanding individuals on the continent whose success stories may ordinarily not be told on the global stage. She came to prominence with her books including Purple Hibiscus , Half of a Yellow Sun , Americanah , the short story collection, The Thing Around Your Neck , and the book-length essay, We Should All Be Feminists .While Chimamanda has made a name for herself in writing, Femi Kuti, who inherited his father’s passion for music and activism, has equally become a household name in entertainment.
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