YFM to highlight Black Excellence with Black History Month

This month is Black History Month and to celebrate, we’re highlighting all the significant patrons of Black Excellence that you need to know.
Innovators, icons and activists both young and old that have created and inspired civilisation with their brilliance.
Celebrate and learn Black History facts and stories, every Monday-Friday on YFM throughout the month of February.
For more details download our app Y107.9 FM Ghana in the Google Play and App Store for free or log on to yfmghana.com for more details
Hash tag #BlackHistoryMonthOnY
RYSE N SHYNE – MONDAY TO FRIDAY (6AM-9AM)
1^ST FEBRUARY TO 28^TH FEBRUARY

1. Malcom X
2. Francis Ali Osman
3. Amma Asante
4. Ben Bentil
5. Constance Emefa
6. Ama Atta Adu
7. Rocky Dawuni
8. Ave Klutse
9. Claudia Jones
10. Adebe Bikila
11. Usain Bolt
12. Jim Brown
13. Joaquim Chiassano
14. Souleymane Cisse
15. Nat King Cole
16. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
17. John Coltrane
18. Miles Davis
19. Frederick Douglas
20. Charles R. Drew

 
MYD MORNING RADIO SHOW – MONDAY TO FRIDAY (9AM-12NOON)
1^ST FEBRUARY TO 28^TH FEBRUARY

1. James Brown
2. Nelson Mandela
3. Venus Sisters
4. Bob Marley
5. Mike Tyson
6. Tetteh Quarshie
7. Chinua Achebe
8. Muhammed Ali
9. Maya Angelou
10. Louis Armstrong
11. Josephine Baker
12. Shirley Bassey
13. Ludwig Van Beethoven
14. Kenenisa Bekele
15. Harry Balofonte
16. Mary McLeod Bethune
17. Bill Cosby
18. Denzel Washington
19. Billie Holiday
20. Will Smith

 
SHOUTS ON Y – MONDAY TO FRIDAY (12PM-3PM)
1^ST FEBRUARY TO 28^TH FEBRUARY

1. Roser Parks
2. E.B Du Bois
3. Michael Jordan
4. Langston Hughes
5. Sidney Poitier
6. Yvonne Chaka Chaka
7. Kwame Nkrumah
8. Youssour N’dour
9. Shaka Zulu
10. Yaa Asantewaa
11. Nat Turner
12. Abraham Attah
13. Steve Mcqueen
14. Toni Morrison
15. Halle Berry
16. Mo Ibrahim
17. Lewis Hamilton
18. Desmond Tutu
19. George Oppong Weah
20. Kofi Annan

 
DRYVE ON Y – MONDAY TO FRIDAY (3PM-8PM)
1^ST FEBRUARY TO 28^TH FEBRUARY

1. Oprah Winfrey
2. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
3. Azu Nelson
4. Osibisa
5. Komla Dumor
6. Professor Agyeman Badu Akosa
7. Eddy Blay, Snr
8. Kaya Forson
9. Victoria Kwakwa
10. Oswald Boateng
11. Okyeame Kwame
12. Alexandre Dumas
13. Eusebio
14. Cathy Freedom
15. Morgan Freeman
16. Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr
17. Marvin Gaye
18. Haile Gebrselassie
19. Evonne Geolagong Cowley
20. Jimi Hendrix

 
Y LOUNGE – MONDAY TO THURSDAY (7PM-10PM)
1^ST FEBRUARY TO 28^TH FEBRUARY

1. Matthew Henson
2. Whitney Houston
3. Jesse Jackson
4. David Hammonds
5. Michael Jackson
6. Jack Johnson
7. Jackie-joyner-kersee
8. Gaston Kabore
9. Martin Luther King
10. Seckou Keita
11. Fela Kuti
12. Spike Lee
13. Carl Lewis
14. Joe Louis
15. Toussaint Louvreture
16. Jackie Robinson
17. Lucky Dube
18. Barack Obama
19. Michelle Obama
20. Elijah McCoy