Ever since that Saturday Night Live send-up of NPR ... a long time ago... two women talking about onions, in very quiet voices, with little inflection, is my recollection, ever since then I've never really wondered what the NPR people look like (I made an exception for Judy Swallow at BBC), but one reporter has always captured my attention, just because of the way she says, "from Dakaaahhhhrrrr, this is ..." and then some name that strikes me as possibly being from any continent. (Well, she's a great reporter too.) So, I was browsing allafrica.com, and who pops up as one of their reporters.... HER!!!! And her name is Ofeibea Quist-Arcton! She's in the photo with AllAfrica
President Amadou Mahtar Ba.In the "I always wondered" department...
Ever since that Saturday Night Live send-up of NPR ... a long time ago... two women talking about onions, in very quiet voices, with little inflection, is my recollection, ever since then I've never really wondered what the NPR people look like (I made an exception for Judy Swallow at BBC), but one reporter has always captured my attention, just because of the way she says, "from Dakaaahhhhrrrr, this is ..." and then some name that strikes me as possibly being from any continent. (Well, she's a great reporter too.) So, I was browsing allafrica.com, and who pops up as one of their reporters.... HER!!!! And her name is Ofeibea Quist-Arcton! She's in the photo with AllAfrica
President Amadou Mahtar Ba.


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