Nigerian radio host brings her native language to sports commentary
05 November 2023 |
3:10 am
Sports commentator Aderonke Adesola is not the voice most Nigerians expect to hear on the radio. She is 25 years old, a woman and hosts her sports show in the local Yoruba language instead of English, which dominates most programming in Nigeria.
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