Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
Haitians in Port-au-Prince dig through rubble in November 2010, months after the earthquake that leveled so much of the country's capital city.
In the immediate aftermath of the massive earthquake that devastated Haiti in 2010, countries and organizations rushed to provide aid and rebuild the country. More than five years later, we explore the mixed results of those efforts, and what’s next now that the world’s attention has shifted.
Guests
- Jonathan Katz Author, "The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster" (Palgrave Macillian, 2013)
- Justin Elliott Reporter, ProPublica.org
- Emmanuel Midi Journalist
- Lesley Schaffer Regional Director, Latin America & Caribbean, American Red Cross
PHOTOS: Kojo in Haiti
Emmanuel Midi, Kojo Nnamdi Show producer Michael Martinez, Joseph Blanchard, and former WAMU 88.5 reporter Sabri Ben-Achour. Midi and Blanchard served as "fixers" to the Kojo Nnamdi Show team on the ground in Port-au-Prince.
Emmanuel Midi, left, helping former WAMU 88.5 reporter Sabri Ben-Achour to conduct an interview inside of a tent camp.
The scene inside of a tent camp in November 2010. The first cases of cholera in Haiti were reported shortly before the Kojo Nnnamdi Show team arrived that fall.
Kojo, a few minutes before going live on the air from Port-au-Prince. The Kojo Nnamdi Show conducted a week's worth of broadcasts from Radio Metropole in November 2010.
Rubble piled up on the streets of Port-au-Prince, months after the earthquake.
Hotel Villa Creole in Petionville in November 2010. The Kojo Nnamdi Show team stayed here during their trip - much of the hotel was still in ruins.
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