1. In 1967, a year after Guyana became independent from British rule, Kojo Nnamdi moved to Montreal, Canada to attend McGill University after his mother secretly saved her earnings from selling insurance and filled out an application on his behalf.
10 Facts About Kojo Nnamdi
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However, not long after joining the Panthers, Kojo Nnamdi drifted out of the Party.
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Kojo Nnamdi had been seeking a Black Nationalist and Pan-Africanism supporting organisation, whereas by this time the Black Panthers had embraced internationalism and were committed to working with people of all races towards a socialist America.
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Kojo Nnamdi moved to Washington, DC in 1969 and enrolled in Federal City College, now the University of the District of Columbia.
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Kojo Nnamdi began his radio career in 1969 as an actor and director for children's plays that aired Sundays on Washington rhythm and blues radio station WOL.
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In 1973, Kojo Nnamdi became news editor at WHUR, the radio station of Howard University, a historically black university in Washington.
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Later becoming news director, Kojo Nnamdi helped produce The Daily Drum, a local news program.
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Kojo Nnamdi left WHUR in 1985 to join Howard television station WHMM as host of Evening Exchange, a public affairs show.
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On September 30,2002, Public Interest was renamed The Kojo Nnamdi Show and dropped national distribution.
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Nonetheless, Plotkin said in a 2006 online chat that he and Kojo Nnamdi remain friendly and regularly have dinner together.