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I am inspired by creativity; and radio - about which someone said "the pictures are so much better" - lends itself to this. My mother gave me her mother's radio and followed in the steps of my Dad and my older brothers who listened religiously to radio especially the BBC. My Mum was my original broadcasting heroine, she used to tell children's stories on local radio. I've also admired many BBC journalists, especially from the Africa English Service in the late seventies and early eighties - people like Robin White. I also always thought that the late Peter Jennings of ABC news was the consummate presenter. I joined the BBC after Jenny Horrocks interviewed me and she insisted I should talk to the editor, Robin White, about work experience. I badgered Robin with calls, got an interview, did the stint and was told that there would be recruitment the following year… I joined the Beeb in May 1997. Your choice of tune for a Saturday Night? Tulo Tulo by the late Philly Bongoley Lutaya (Ugandan pop star turned HIV/AIDS activist) a guy calls on sleep to lull his young one to sleep so he can go out for a night of fun. Your choice of tune for a Sunday morning? anything spiritual Your favourite African novel? Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Your favourite African movie? I was inspired by Cry Freedom Your signature or favourite African dish? Sweet potatoes and groundnut sauce - a traditional dish of my ethnic group What drink would you have with it? Sweet banana juice. It's non-alcoholic, I hasten to add. What's your idea of a perfect night out? A night in with a good movie or novel. Staying in is the new going out! What makes you angry? Poverty in Africa, Africa's one-step-forward-two-steps-backward routine, corruption… Need I go on? Why do you love Africa? It's the Mother continent… it's the land of my birth. What depresses you about Africa? We always talk about Africa's potential. Somebody told me that if they always say you've got potential it's an insult because you are not living up to it. See also what makes me angry. What do you always bring back from a trip home? Memories Finally… your proverb or Last Word? It was my secondary school's motto, a Luganda saying: Gakyali Mabaga which means "This is only the beginning". So little done and so much to do... | LOCAL LINKS  Focus and Network presentersPresenters | |||||||||||||
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