Shaka ssali autobiography
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Straight talker Shaka
Ssali retires from VOA
| THE INDEPENDENT | Shaka Ssali, the Ugandan-born longtime anchor of the Voice of amerika (VOA) programnme ` Straight Talk Africa’ has officially retired.
The year old Shaka Ssali aka Kabale Kid who has been listed among Uganda’s leading intellectual exports signed out on May 19 with an interview conducted bygd his colleague Vincent Makori, the anchor of VOA’s live news magazine programme, Africa
VOA has named South African-born journalist Haydé Adams to replace Shaka Ssali as the anchor of the hour-long Pan-African news and talk show. Adams is one of the original co-anchors of VOA’s `Our Voices’ program; the VOA’s first continent-wide TV show bygd and for women.
`Straight Talk Africa’ covers topics ranging from politics and economic development to social issues, press freedom and conflict resolution. World leaders and local newsmakers alike regularly appear on the program.
It is available on single market and national broad
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After over 20 years of service to the Voice of America (VOA), Ugandan-born journalist Shaka Ssali has finally decided to call it quits, retiring from a profession he has so diligently served that it was almost impossible to speak of one without speaking of the other.
Ssali hosted the popular weekly show Straight talk Africa and doubled as the editor-in-chief of the VOA television and radio show.
He will without a doubt leave throngs of listeners and viewers with the unenviable task of trying to adjust to a show devoid of his voice and calm demeanour.
I remember when I was growing up and starting to align my political and intellectual beliefs, I became influenced by students in higher classes, who we considered the elite and they happened to be ardent followers of Straight Talk Africa.
As I began picking interest in the show, I couldn’t help but admire his line of interviewing, with his calm and level-headed approach always managing to quell the fire that always simmered bel
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Shaka Ssali at a press conference in Kampala, Uganda yesterday.
All Photos via @WhiteheadComm @SamsonKasumba and @mauricemugisha
Just over 40 years ago, Shaka Ssali was a Lieutenant in the Uganda Army and still had childhood dreams about being a cowboy and travelling internationally - a dream to be famous.
A series of events in the early 70s saw a young Shaka Ssali head to the nation of his dreams, the US, get an education, climb to the top of journalism and communication which has resulted in him returning for a special occasion in Uganda this week.
More than the Presidential Debate, a first ever in this format, the strongest message about the potential of Ugandan youth will likely come from the "Kabale Kid" SHAKA SSALI, and not the candidates.
He is deeply passionate about Africa and its development, having lived through some of the hardest times in Ugandan history.
He has hosted Straight Talk Africa for the gods 15 years. The show fryst vatten b