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Citizenship
  • United Kingdom
  • The Gambia
Alma materSouthern Methodist University
Royal Holloway
King's College London
OccupationCivil servant, journalist, presenter
Notable work
BBC Focus on Africa

Esau Geoffrey Williams is a civil servant, journalist, and presenter.[1][2][3][4][5]

Education

Esau Williams is a graduate of Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas with a bachelor's degree in Philosophy.[6][7] He obtained a BA (Hons) in Politics with Philosophy from Royal Holloway, University of London.[7] He also holds an MA in International Political Economy awarded by King's College London.[1][7]

Career

Williams presented Focus on Africa, the BBC World Service’s flagship news and current affairs radio programme for Africa.[8] [9][10] He also anchored a special series of guest-edited Focus on Africa programme featuring prominent Africans, including Professor Thuli Madonsela, law professor and the first female Public Protector of South Africa.[11]

In 2021, he was sent to cover the Gambian presidential election for the BBC and presented and reported on location.[12][13][14] He interviewed Ghana's then former president, John Mahama, who was in The Gambia as an election observer at the time.[15]

Williams is an expert on the politics of The Gambia and has written and commented on the subject for the BBC.[16][17][18]

Esau has also interviewed the former British prime minister Tony Blair on the BBC in 2021. The interview discussed the challenges facing Africa caused by the Delta variant of the Corona Virus, and Tony Blair’s advocacy for an increase in the availability of COVID vaccines to the continent.[19] David Sengeh, Chief Minister of Sierra Leone, who was Minister for Education at the time in 2022.He has written opinion pieces on UK politics which were published in the History News Network[20] at George Washington University; Inside Sources,[21] and the SMU blog.[6] Williams has trained journalists at the Media Academy for Journalism and Communication in The Gambia.[22][23][24][25] He has also served as chair of the panel of judges for the 2021 and 2022 National Journalism Awards in The Gambia.[26][27]

In the autumn of 2024, he was appointed as the new host of the podcast, WORLD: we got this with Esau Williams, [28][29] produced by the School of Global Affairs at King's College London.[30][31][32][33][34]

Awards

Williams presented the daily News About Ebola programme[35] which won a Peabody Award for the BBC World Service for coverage of the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa.[36]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Esau Williams". www.smu.edu. Retrieved 2025-02-03.
  2. ↑ "Africa Live this week: 17-23 April 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  3. ↑ "Robtel Neajai Pailey". Robtel Neajai Pailey. 2023-05-04. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  4. ↑ Dodoo, Lennart (2023-04-28). "Liberia: In BBC Interview, U.S. Amb. Michael McCarthy Challenges Liberians to Take A Decision against Corruption". FrontPageAfrica. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  5. ↑ "Omid Wisdom Drops New Song 'Omar Colley On World Africa Week; New Song Premieres On BBC Focus On Africa And Other Outlets 3 Days Into Release – The Fatu Network". 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "BBC Reporter Educated in U.S. Frames the "Brutal" Brexit Exit of Theresa May". Opinions. 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Esau Williams". King's College London. Retrieved 2025-02-13.
  8. ↑ "BBC Partners". wspartners.bbc.com. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  9. ↑ "PrEPVacc features in BBC's 'Focus on Africa'". PrEPVacc. 2020-12-17. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  10. ↑ "BBC Focus on Africa Radio - Ghanaian activist swims Volta River to draw attention to waste | Agbetsi". livingwaterswim.org. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  11. ↑ "Focus on Africa - Guest editor: Professor Thuli Madonsela - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
  12. ↑ "Focus on Africa - The soaring price of fish in The Gambia - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
  13. ↑ "Focus on Africa - Spectre of former president Jammeh looms over Gambia's elections - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  14. ↑ "Focus on Africa - What are Gambians expecting for the upcoming Election? - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  15. ↑ "Focus on Africa - Ghana's ex-President: The Gambia's electoral campaign is 'satisfactory' - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  16. ↑ "Why is Yahya Jammeh causing such a stir in Gambia?". BBC News. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  17. ↑ "BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Hans Rausing, Sir Dawda Jawara, Sue Crockford, Terrance Dicks". BBC. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  18. ↑ "Africa Live this week: 30 May-5 June 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  19. ↑ "Focus on Africa - Africa now faces a perfect storm - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  20. ↑ Williams, Esau (2019-07-31). "All the world's a stage when you're Boris Johnson basking in the no-deal-Brexit spotlight". History News Network. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
  21. ↑ Williams, Esau (2019-05-26). "BBC Reporter Educated in U.S. Frames the "Brutal" Brexit Exit of Theresa May". InsideSources. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
  22. ↑ "BBC JOURNALIST CONCLUDES THREE-DAY TRAINING FOR STUDENTS IN GAMBIA". www.grts.gm. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
  23. ↑ "BBC's Esau Williams trains journalism students - The Point". thepoint.gm. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
  24. ↑ TheVoice, Mr Gaye (2023-04-04). "If you want to grow professionally, you cannot do that in isolation - Esau Williams -". Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  25. ↑ MAJaC TV (2023-04-03). BBC's Esau Williams trains MAJaC Students. Retrieved 2025-02-01 – via YouTube.
  26. ↑ thevoice (2021-09-07). "Education system has failed - Chairperson GPU Awards -". Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  27. ↑ Times, The Alkamba (2022-10-16). "National Journalism Awards Committee Announces Judges for 2022". The Alkamba Times. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  28. ↑ London, King's College. "Ex-BBC man comes full circle as new podcast host". King's College London. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
  29. ↑ "Season six - WORLD: we got this with Esau Williams | Feature from King's College London". www.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
  30. ↑ Affairs, School of Global. "WORLD: we got this with Esau Williams by School of Global Affairs". The Podcast App. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  31. ↑ "WORLD: we got this with Esau Williams". shows.acast.com. 2024-11-26. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  32. ↑ "WORLD: we got this with Esau Williams". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  33. ↑ "WORLD: we got this with Esau Williams". Spotify. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  34. ↑ "World: We Got This podcast S6". YouTube. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  35. ↑ "BBC World Service - News About Ebola, Ebola case in NYC".
  36. ↑ "Ebola". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved 2024-07-20.

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