Who is Sarah Onyango? 
 

Trained as a translator, Kenyan-born Sarah Onyango has become a well-known fixture on Ottawa’s community television and radio scene. She is often to be spotted at community events, camera and tape recorder in hand, looking for uplifting stories about the National Capital region’s growing African and Caribbean community. Besides being an occasional contributor to the weekly CFMT program Planet Africa Television, Sarah hosts the monthly African cultural program Fontonfrom, on Rogers Cable 22 - Ottawa. Since 1998, she has produced and hosted segments for Black on Black, a weekly public affairs and arts program aired on CHUO 89.1FM (University of Ottawa community radio). In 2002, she took on hosting and producing duties for the popular weekly African radio program Afrika Revisited, which has been airing on CHUO since the early 1990s.

Ms. Onyango’s media expertise extends beyond the airwaves to print. She has written articles for two Black monthly community newspapers in Ottawa, namely the now-defunct The Drum, published by Harambee Centres (National Capital Region) in the mid-1990s, and The Spectrum, established in 1984.

A tireless promoter of African and Caribbean culture and activities, Sarah has for many years been actively involved in public relations work for various diplomatic missions including the South African High Commission and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States High commission as well as Black community organizations such as Black History Ottawa, Fête Caribe, the Association of Kenyans in Canada, the Jamaican (Ottawa) Community Association and the Nigerian Association in Ottawa. She is the recipient of several awards including the Planet Africa Television Volunteer of the Year Award (in 2004) and the Jamaican (Ottawa) Community Association National Heroes Day award for Entertainment (in 2005), and also in 2005, she was nominated for a National Capital Region YMCA-YWCA Women of Distinction award.

Contact Sarah at sonyango@yahoo.com