Femi Oke
News host and Reporter for The Takeaway
Femi Oke
Femi Oke is an international broadcaster and a correspondent for WNYC Radio’s national syndicated news show The Takeaway. Femi became known around the world for her reporting on Africa after joining CNN International in 1999. She also hosted CNN's award-winning African affairs program "Inside Africa". Her work has been recognized by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Communications Agency, InterAction, the Peabody Awards Committee.
As well as her national radio commitments on The Takeaway Femi (@FemiOke) is co-director of the guerilla documentary production company Fazoke films. She is British by Birth, Nigerian by parentage and a New Yorker by zip code!
Femi Oke appears in the following:
WNYC’s New York African Film Festival Picks
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
All the films in this year's New York African Film Festival explore the notion of home and homeland. Here are WNYC's festival picks.
Out of Africa: African Diaspora International Film Festival Returns to New York
Friday, December 02, 2011
One of the highlights of this year's fest is the award winning documentary An African Election. The feature length film follows the twists and turns of Ghana’s 2008 general election. The Takeaway's Femi Oke interviews the man who made the film, Jarreth Merz.
'Kinshasa Symphony' Opens NY African Film Festival
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
The 18th New York African Film Festival kicks off Wednesday with the documentary “Kinshasa Symphony,” a film about the Democratic Republic of Congo’s only symphony orchestra.
Three Faiths: NY Public Library Exhibition Celebrates Shared Religious Traditions
Friday, October 22, 2010
"Three Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, Islam" opens on Friday at the New York Public Library with some of the library’s most rare and beautiful spiritual texts.
Barbie Fashion: Creating the World’s Most Expensive Doll
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Australian jewelery designer Stefano Canturi spent six months working on the smallest client he’s ever had: toymaker Mattel asked him to design a Barbie doll that would be the most expensive in the world.
Africa at the Movies
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Mahen Bonetti is the effervescent founder and executive director of the New York African Film Festival. Listen to her conversation with WNYC's Richard Hake.
