Francisca Nicolasa Gálvez Djouma (born 13 September 1966), better known as Francine Gálvez, is a Cameroonian-born Spanish television presenter. She was the first black woman to anchor a news programme in Europe.

Biography

Gálvez was born on 13 September 1966 in

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, Cameroon, and was raised since when she was two years old in Lopera ( Jaén), Spain. She is polylingual. She was educated at Isabel la Católica High School in

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, then studied journalism at the

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, graduating in 1989. She achieved a master's degree in Media Producing for Media and Entertainment at the

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. In her early career, Gálvez was the only black Spanish woman who appeared on national television. From 1990, she anchored the weekend editions of , the

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television newscast produced by (TVE), along with Ana Blanco, becoming the first black woman to anchor a news programme in Europe, as well as the first black presenter on a TVE programme. In 1993, Gálvez hosted science and culture show on La 2, and also starred as a news reporter in the film ''Supernova''. From 1997 to 2000, Gálvez was part of the team presenting on the weekly magazine show ''Macumba TeVe'' on

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. In 2000 she was promoted to become a main presenter alongside Emilio Pineda. In 2002, she presented the Spanish version of the international television series '' Temptation Island,'' on . Between 2005 and 2011, Gálvez hosted the game show on TVE. From 2012 to 2013, she worked as a media journalist with AMC Networks International Southern Europe (AMC SE). She has discussed racism and social attitudes in Madrid for Spanish print publications including .

References

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