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Francine Gálvez Djouma | |
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| Born | September 13, 1966 Nkongsamba, Cameroon |
| Nationality | Cameroonian-Spanish |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, Presenter |
Francine Gálvez Djouma (born September 13, 1966) is a Cameroonian-Spanish journalist and presenter.
Biography[edit]
Djouma was born in Nkongsamba, Cameroon, to a Cameroonian mother and a Spanish father who was an evangelist in Cameroon. She grew up in Lopera. During her primary and secondary schooling, she was often the only black girl in her class. In 1989, she earned a degree in journalism from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She completed a master's degree in television in New York. After completing her master's, she received a scholarship to work at Televisión Española.[1]
Career[edit]
In June 1989, she joined the news department of La 2. After her internship, she was hired by the channel and joined the morning show Buenos días. In April 1990, at the age of 23, she began presenting the weekend edition of Telediario. She was the first mixed-race person in Spain to hold a presenter position, embodying a diversity that was still exceptional at the time within Spanish television. She initially shared the screen with Mary Pau Domínguez, then with Ana Blanco. She held this position until 1991. Her first opportunity outside news presenting came in April 1992 when she hosted the Eurodisney opening gala on Televisión Española with Ricardo Fernández Deu. In October 1992, she played the role of a news presenter in Juan Miñón's film Supernova. A year later, she hosted a program aimed at young audiences, Oxígeno.[1]
From 1997 to 2000, she worked as a reporter for the program Madrid Directo on Telemadrid. In the 1999–2000 season, she co-hosted the program Mamma mía with Victor Sandoval on Telemadrid. In 2000, she also hosted the weekly magazine Macumba TeVe on Telemadrid with Victor Sandoval. In 2001, she signed with Antena 3, where she hosted Noche y día with Isabel Gemio and Rumore, rumore with Jorge Javier Vázquez. In the 2002 season, she hosted the reality show Blind Trust. Returning to TVE three years later, she hosted the educational and cultural TV game show Palabra por palabra on La 2 from 2005 to 2011. She directed the magazine Emisiones TV and hosted it. During the summer of 2007, she hosted the program Aquí hay tomate with Victor Sandoval on Telecinco. From September 2008 to June 2010, she collaborated on El programa de Ana Rosa also on Telecinco. From 2012 to 2013, she hosted the program Date un capricho on Chello Multicanal. Since 2011, she has been the director of PromusicTV audiovisual. In 2015, she was one of the participants in the La 1 program Amigas y conocidas. She has appeared on various programs, hosting, presenting, or directing entertainment magazines or reality shows such as Mi gran boda en Las Vegas on Telemadrid, Mamma mia Superkaraoke on Telemadrid, Telepasión on La 1, Tribus viajeras on La 2, etc. She has become a well-known face in the Spanish media landscape and one of the most popular presenters.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Francine Gálvez: "La mujer negra está sometida a un paternalismo que no es sólo machista"". El Mundo (in Spanish). September 29, 2018.
