Loading...Possibly the most recognisable face of black Russia, Yelena Khanga has epitomised the liberal wave that swept Russian television in the 1990s.
As a host of a popular chat show about sex—Pro Eto (About That)—she has opened a new chapter in both Russian journalism and the country’s tumultuous history of race relations. She is the daughter of Lily Golden, the prominent African-American social activist, and an author of the critically-acclaimed book Soul to Soul: A Black Russian American Family 1865-1992.
Yelena Khanga will join Ekow Eshun, the creative director of Calvert 22 Foundation, for a conversation about her life and career as a black journalist in the Soviet Union, the United States and modern Russia.