Category Archives: Burkina Faso

By Mohammed Keita The African media community lost a central voice this week with the passing of Samuel Kiendrebeogo, the veteran host of weekly media magazine Médias d’Afrique et D’Ailleurs on Voice of America‘s French service. Sam, as he was known, died while vacationing in his native Burkina Faso. He was 63. Most of Sam’s listeners probably only knew him by his voice, which I had gotten used to hearing over the phone when he called to request interviews. I had the privilege of meeting Sam a handful of times during my visits to the VOA studios in Washington, D.C. A warm but austere man whose calm put me at … Continue reading →