Biography
Nnamdi was born Rex Orville Montague Paul in Guyana. He emigrated to the United States in 1967 to attend college and explore the civil rights movement. He began his broadcast career in 1973 at WHUR-FM, as news editor. He has hosted WHUT-TV's public affairs show Evening Exchange since 1985, and he worked as a news editor and director before that.
Nnamdi described his name change to The Washington Examiner in a December 2005 profile: "It was the 1960s and everyone had a radio identity so I picked Kojo Nnamdi. Kojo means born on a Monday. Nnamdi Azikiwe is the father of Nigerian independence." Kojo is an Akan name for the people in Ghana, and Nnamdi is an Igbo name. Nnamdi's legal name remains Kojo Nnamdi.
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