Edwin Okong'O Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

Emmanuel Nado and Edwin Okong'o, two award-winning African journalists and radio personalities, mince no words as they seek to answer a question that has seemingly baffled the world for decades: Why is Africa, the wealthiest continent in the world, also the poorest?They go beyond the simplistic and lazy explanations of colonialism, slavery, and "brain drain" and argue that unless Africans become brave enough to point fingers at themselves, they'll always be at mercy of foreigners. Bold and unapologetic, the hosts offer a unique perspective on African life, politics, and culture.

San Francisco

Co-host of Africa Mix, an African Diaspora music and culture show, which airs live on KALW 91.7 FM, San Francisco's oldest public radio station. Thursdays 9pm-11pm. KALW.org/listen.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Editing news storiesReporting and writingConsulting and advising publisher Mentoring and training reporters on newsgathering and writing

Defied an extremely hostile workplace to produce (write and edit) some of the most remarkable stories. If I survived it, there’s nothing you can throw at me that I can’t handle.

Berkeley, Ca

Teaching big kids.

· Writing press releases and arranging press coverage of NAM's events and ethnic community polls.· Designing and creating marketing and promotional material for NAM's services.· Reporting, writing and editing news and commentary.· Managing recruitment of nearly 200 new ethnic media members to join NAM's coalition.· Assisting in writing grants and reports to philanthropic foundations.

· As part of the 2008 U.S. presidential election team for the PBS program, I wrote commentary and reported on a video documentary, "Kenya: Sweet Home, Obama," which was shot in Kenya and won a People's Voice Webby Award in 2009.· Currently working on documentary about water issues, which I reported

· Editing and writing news.· Managing staff writers and the entire newsgathering process for the monthly newspaper's print and web editions.· Assisting mainstream media like the New York Times understand issues of the African community.

· Assisting the warehouse logistics manager in supervising daily workflow.· Pulling parts from the stockroom to fill orders and ship to customers.· Working on the Problem Desk to help locate inventory missing from designated locations.· Conducted inventory and wrote reports.

Master Of Journalism, Newspaper, Magazine And Broadcast

Ba, Mass Communication

Aa Degrees, Communication Studies And Liberal Arts