Francisca Nicolasa Gálvez Djouma (born 13 September 1966), better known as Francine Gálvez, is a Cameroonian-born Spanish television presenter.[1] She was the first black woman to anchor a news programme in Europe.[2]
Gálvez was born on 13 September 1966 in Nkongsamba, Cameroon, and was raised since when she was two years old in Lopera (Jaén), Spain.[2] She is polylingual.[2]
In her early career, Gálvez was the only black Spanish woman who appeared on national television.[3] From 1990, she anchored the weekend editions of Telediario, the flagship television newscast produced by Televisión Española (TVE),[2] along with Ana Blanco,[1] becoming the first black woman to anchor a news programme in Europe, as well as the first black presenter on a TVE programme.[2]
In 1993, Gálvez hosted science and culture show Oxígeno on La 2,[4] and also starred as a news reporter in the film Supernova.[2]
From 1997 to 2000, Gálvez was part of the team presenting on the weekly magazine show Macumba TeVe on Telemadrid.[2] In 2000 she was promoted to become a main presenter alongside Emilio Pineda.[5]
In 2002, she presented the Spanish version of the international television series Temptation Island,Confianza Ciega on Antena 3.[6]
Between 2005 and 2011, Gálvez hosted the game show Palabra por Palabra on TVE.[2] From 2012 to 2013, she worked as a media journalist with AMC Networks International Southern Europe (AMC SE).[2] From 2015 to 2018, she was a panellist on La 1's women's current affairs talk show Amigas y conocidas [es].[7][8][9] She hosted Telemadrid's New Year's Eve special with Víctor Sandoval on 31 December 2015.[10]
In 2021, Gálvez returned to presenting with Emilio Pineda, presenting on Madrid Directo.[11]
Alongside presenting, Gálvez has discussed racism and social attitudes in Madrid for Spanish print publications including El Periódico de España.[12]
