Nam Kiwanuka
Mary Namugenyi "Nam" Kiwanuka(bornNamugenyi Kiwanuka) is aUgandan-Canadiantelevision personality and journalist.
Kiwanuka came to Canada with her family in 1983, following theUgandan Civil War.[1]She was given theAnglo-Protestant monikerMary.She was aVJforMuchMusicfrom 1999 to 2003[2]and later hosted basketball and football programming onRogers Sportsnetthat included the weeklyNBA XLprogram.[3]She is currently a reporter and substitute anchor onTVOntario's newsmagazine seriesThe Agenda.[4]Kiwanuka has volunteered overseas forWar Child Canada,Journalists for Human Rightsand theCanadian Red Cross.[5]
References
[edit]- ^Kiwanuka, Nam (February 26, 2016)."Black identity and the skin I'm in".TVO.org.
- ^"Call goes out to all VJ wannabes; Video station MuchMusic holding country-wide auditions".Toronto Star,November 10, 1999.
- ^"Analysts will be pressed hard to give oomph to NHL draft show".The Globe and Mail,June 25, 2004.
- ^"TVO Welcomes Nam Kiwanuka To The Agenda".Canada NewsWire,February 16, 2016.
- ^Getachew, Samuel (April 10, 2013)."This Former MuchMusic VJ Is Making an Impact".HuffPost.
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