Haddy Jatou N'Jie, 32
Gambian-Norwegian NRK TV anchor and musician
Photo: Siv Johanne Seglem/Dagbladet
Haddy Jatou N'Jie--the famous Oslo-born Gambian-Norwegian television anchor, musician, writer, and columnist--will host this Sunday August 21 (at 3 PM local time) at the 13,000-capacity Oslo Spektrum the mega event of the memorial for the victims of the 7-22 twin terror attacks in Oslo and Utøya. The event is expected to last one hour and 45 minutes. An international cast of more than a dozen musicians will perform at the event--including movie stars who will be reading the names of the victims as well as declaiming inspirational poems. All high-level state officials, monarchs, and crown princes of Scandinavian countries will be in attendance.
Commenting on her being picked to host the event, N'Jie said:
"This may be the hardest thing I've ever done, but at the same time I think it's nice to be part of it. But I'm very humbled by what I'll do and will keep my focus on the victims and all the great artists who will perform."
N'Jie is quite familiar with mega events anyway, "having hosted, among others, the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest from her hometown of Oslo."
On her 2010 CNN profile I just quoted (see also video below), N'Jie said:
"From a very early age I started thinking, 'Who am I, where do I belong and what kind of person do I want to be?' So I started to make my own platform in a way, somewhere I could be without people, without having to defend myself in a way...I have my own room where I can be Gambian, Norwegian, black or white."
Haddy N'jie: The African Face of Norwegian TV by aengw
A "multifarious personality" and artist as described on that CNN profile, N'Jie is mostly known to African and world music lovers as one the singers of the 5-woman band Queendom made of black Norwegians (with roots in Gambia, Nigeria, Trinidad, Uganda, and Ethiopia). N'Jie has also pursued a successful solo career as a singer.
Check out Haddy N'Jie and the Queendom's YouTube video clip of their hit "Home is where the heart is" filmed in Bagamoyo, Tanzania--with lyrics in English and Swahili.
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