Why We Support WBHM: The Xulu Family

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Asha Xulu: “WBHM NPR News. Oh, my goodness. They give you stories around the world. And some of them are so inspirational. Whether you’re interviewing people on the street in Brazil or what’s happening in Africa. My husband is from South Africa. It’s just a world perspective and it’s made our family a global family.”

Jomo Xulu: “The music the history. You know of different. Ethnicities you know different people. Well I can talk forever just it’s just a great station really. A station that I can introduce to anybody to be related in. Mostly it took a really issues. I mean the really life issues that, especially mainly about want to get the solution.”

Bhiza Xulu: “I was in a camp when I was younger and my mom and my father were in the car and we were just they just turned to this news station. I was listening at first I was like, ‘Oh my goodness they’re just talking about news and politics and stuff I don’t understand.’ But when you start listening to it, you see that wow stuff is really interesting, stuff I could relate to the stuff that I like.”

 

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