Anike Agbaje-Williams, the first face to appear on African television, is dead. Agbaje-Williams, who died at 88, was the first face on African television after she appeared on the Western Nigerian Television (WNTV) station on the test transmission night and on the official opening night on October 31, 1959. The WNTV, now the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), was the first television station in Africa.She was also said to have been the first voice heard on Western Nigerian Broadcasting Service (WNBS), Africa’s first commercial radio station, earning the nickname “Double-First”. Banji…
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