My NTS
Live now
1
London
03:00 - 05:00

Old friends and hapless mavericks Ivan Smagghe and Nathan Gregory Wilkins present a fortnightly window into their ramshackle musical world. A show with absolutely no rules (as they'd only break them). We love the unmixable, old & new. We are oddballs and we love you.

2
Los Angeles
04:00 - 05:00

Rose tinted selections in a one-off guest session from alt-R'n'B singer and songwriter, Liv.e.

Hamad Kalkaba

Hamad Kalkaba

Hamad Kalkaba has been played on NTS in shows including Whirldfuzzz, featured first on 1 July 2018. Songs played include Astadjam Dada Sare and Lamido.

Hamad Kalkaba Malboum (born 11 November 1950) is a Cameroonian athletics official, who is the current President of the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA). He has been at the helm since 2003, when he replaced Lamine Diack who became President of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF).

He started his primary education in Kousseri. After four years in Maroua, he graduated and started high school in Garoua. He was drafted to join the army in 1969. In 1972, he graduated from the military school in Yaoundé in 1972 and became an officer. He attended police school from 1972 to 1973, and officer's school from 1987 to 1988. Throughout his education he was interested in sports and music (German label Analog Africa has released a compilation of his songs called "Hamad Kalkaba and The Golden Sounds 1974​-​1975"), and played handball and athletics. He finished his army service as a senior army officer, but remained involved in the armed forces as a sports official.

read more

Hamad Kalkaba

Hamad Kalkaba has been played on NTS in shows including Whirldfuzzz, featured first on 1 July 2018. Songs played include Astadjam Dada Sare and Lamido.

Hamad Kalkaba Malboum (born 11 November 1950) is a Cameroonian athletics official, who is the current President of the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA). He has been at the helm since 2003, when he replaced Lamine Diack who became President of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF).

He started his primary education in Kousseri. After four years in Maroua, he graduated and started high school in Garoua. He was drafted to join the army in 1969. In 1972, he graduated from the military school in Yaoundé in 1972 and became an officer. He attended police school from 1972 to 1973, and officer's school from 1987 to 1988. Throughout his education he was interested in sports and music (German label Analog Africa has released a compilation of his songs called "Hamad Kalkaba and The Golden Sounds 1974​-​1975"), and played handball and athletics. He finished his army service as a senior army officer, but remained involved in the armed forces as a sports official.

Original source: Last.fm

Tracks featured on

Most played tracks

Astadjam Dada Sare
Hamad Kalkaba, The Golden Sounds
Analog Africa2017
Lamido
Hamad Kalkaba, The Golden Sounds
Analog Africa2017