Broadcast journalist, news anchor, and correspondent, Isha Sesay is a British journalist of Sierra Leonean descent. From 2005 to 2018, she worked as an anchor and correspondent for before she quit in August 2018. She is known for hosting the shows like .

Isha Sesay's early life

Isha Sesay is from a Muslim family, born as Isha Isatu Sesay in Bordeaux, France to Dr. Kadi Sesay, a lecturer at Fourah Bay College. Her father Mamud Sesay worked as a legal advisor to the SLPMB before his death in 1988. She has a brother named Mamud Sesay Jr. and a sister named Jane Sesay.

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She studied at the private in Freetown, and later at the age of 16, Isha moved to study A-Levels in the UK and joined , Cambridge after A-level completion. Isha Sesay whose childhood dream was being an actress changed her interest in journalism and writing after her graduation.

Isha Sesay's career

Initially, she began working as a researcher for the BBC talk show . In 1998, she got a full-time job in BBC Scotland. She then joined CNN TWI and finally . She was the anchor of the Good Morning Sports Fans for about three years.

In November 2005, Sesay became a news anchor and correspondent at CNN International, originally based in Atlanta, Georgia, and now based in Los Angeles. From January 17, 2011, she also contributed for  on CNN as presenter of the 

But after 13 years serving, she left CNN on August 1, 2018, citing President Donald Trump-focused coverage as the reason. Currently, she is reported to be writing a book about the Chibok girls, being released in May 2019.