Georges Collinet

M’vam Georges Collinet[1] (born 1940?[2]), also known in his early career by the nickname Maxi Voom Voom,[3] is a Cameroonian-French-American broadcaster. He is known for hosting radio shows, such as the internationally distributed radio program Afropop Worldwide; and for hosting and creating documentary television shows and films. From 1965 until the late 1990s, Collinet hosted a hugely popular morning show broadcast by Voice of America which had over 120 million daily listeners. He is widely considered the best-known and most famous broadcaster on the African continent.

Most, if not all, of his work focuses on Africa. He has broadcast in French and English.[3]

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  3. ^ a b Meet the Host: Georges Collinet Archived 6 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine at afropop.org