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Local Radio,19 Dec 2025,180 mins

The pledge bringing smiles to children in Ghana (19/12/2025)

Kamilah McInnis

Available for 6 days

Kamilah McInnis meets a woman from Surrey whose social media scroll led to a pledge to fund 130 surgeries for children born with cleft lip and palate in Ghana. What inspired Anthee Merichovitis to make this commitment? Dr Aziza Sesay, an NHS GP and educator, joins Kamilah to talk about her campaign for a Christmas number one with a song that destigmatises the words vulva, vagina and clitoris - and why social media censorship isn’t stopping her. Producer Bree shares the stories you might have missed from local news to global headlines. And in The Sample Show, Kamilah gets into the drums behind the hits, revealing how The Isley Brothers influenced tracks from De La Soul to Thundercat. Join Kamilah McInnis every Friday from 7pm-10pm for great music, good vibes and stories from our African and Caribbean communities.

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