Who is Bollywood radio show host from Mali whom PM mentioned in Mann Ki Baat?

Team Udayavani, Sep 27, 2020, 6:15 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi in his monthly radio broadcast ‘Mann Ki Baat’ spoke about Mali teacher Seydou Dembele.

Dembele has been presenting a one-hour radio programme ‘Indian Frequency on Bollywood Songs’ every Sunday for 23 years.

Prime Minister Modi said that Dembele has a tremendous love for India. Dembele, who was born on August 15, is a teacher in a public school in Kita city of Mali, a West African country.

Recently, He has started another two-hour programme every Sunday at 9 pm in which he tells the story of a Bollywood movie in French and Bambara (the national language of Mali)

It is said that Dembele was introduced to Indian culture by his father who used to work at a cinema theatre where Indian movies were also screened