Glenda Wina

Glenda Puteho McCoo, elder sister of Marilyn McCoo, attended UCLA with interest in African Studies and journalism. She arrived in Lusaka, the year before Independence, in what was then the Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia, from her home town of Los Angeles in 1963. She worked in Industrial Advertising and Promotions (IAP), owned by first Minister of Finance in independent Zambia, the Honorable Sikota Wina (Arthur Wina), a leader of the United National Independence Party (UNIP) and Parliamentary Secretary in the first majority-elected government. In 1971, Glenda Wina returned to Los Angeles with her daughter, Mpambo. She became the first African-American news anchorwoman with a network owned and-operated television station in Los Angeles, KNXT, and one of the first specialist reporter-editors in health and science. She taught journalism at the University of Southern California (USC) and also works freelance, with, among others, GW International and Yvonne Brathwaite Burke. Wina co-hosted the PM Show with Mario Machado.