African Perspectives
Sunday Afternoons at 4PM
Celebrating 27 years of broadcasts on WUGA, African Perspectives examines current issues in Africa and celebrates African music and culture. The series also focuses on Africans living in Georgia and the Southeast and provides information about African-related activities on the University of Georgia campus. Host Akinloye Ojo is a native of Nigeria and a Ph.D. in linguistics.
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Today’s Women’s History Month music special show is devoted to music written and performed by African women.
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On our penultimate Women’s History Month show, we profile nine contemporary African female politicians.
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Today’s show is dedicated to you, our listeners, in this year’s first quarterly Listener’s Appreciation Show.
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We invite you to join African Perspectives in our celebration of International Women’s Day.
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Today, we round up the month with a roll call of Black American inventors, who are often not given due credit for their impactful work.
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Today on African Perspectives we welcome a very special guest: Dr. Jerry Rafiki Jenkins, the new Assistant Director of the UGA Institute for African American Studies.
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It’s Black History Month, and love is in the air here on African Perspectives.
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We begin our month-long commemoration of Black History Month.
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To help you shake off the cold and dreary weather here in Athens, we’re sharing a selection of danceable African tunes for your listening pleasure.
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Our annual MLK Day Commemorative Special, in which we remember the peaceful spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King and the campaign for civil rights in America.