Nam Kiwanuka
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Mary Namugenyi "Nam" Kiwanuka (born Namugenyi Kiwanuka) is a Ugandan-Canadian television personality and journalist.
Kiwanuka came to Canada with her family in 1983, following the Ugandan Civil War.[1] She was given the Anglo-Protestant moniker Mary. She was a VJ for MuchMusic from 1999 to 2003[2] and later hosted basketball and football programming on Rogers Sportsnet that included the weekly NBA XL program.[3] She is currently a reporter and substitute anchor on TVOntario's newsmagazine series The Agenda.[4] Kiwanuka has volunteered overseas for War Child Canada, Journalists for Human Rights and the Canadian 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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