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Meet the hosts of Talkin Real Melanin, a new Windsor-Essex show

Three women in Windsor-Essex are starting a new show, focused on Black representation in the community.

Hosts Moya McAlister and co-hosts Irene Moore-Davis and Angelina Ebegbuzi talk about the new program

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Angelina Ebegbuzi, left, Moya McAlister, centre and Irene Moore-Davis are the hosts of Talkin' Real Melanin. It's a show set to air this fall in Windsor-Essex. (Stacey Janzer/CBC)

Three women in Windsor-Essex are launching a new program this fall, called Talkin' Real Melanin, with a focus on stories and voices of the Black, African and Caribbean community.

Moya McAlister and co-hosts Irene Moore-Davis and Angelina Ebegbuzi saythe show is about subjects that are close to them and the Black community.

"I feel like representation matters, and it's been time that Windsor has something that is about the things that we think about, the things that we feel, somechallenges and also a lot of the triumphs we do have in this community," saidEbegbuzi.

The women hope to feature stories aboutarts, businessesand issues that matter to those ofBlack, Caribbean and African descent,said Moore-Davis.

"We talk about Black hair, and our own personal journeys through, you know,all the different changes we've had and the different settings and experiences," saidMcAlister.

WATCH | The hosts of Talkin' Real Melanin discuss their upcoming show:

'Talkin' Real Melanin' hopes to provide better representation on local television

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Duration 3:30
Moya McAlister and co-hosts Irene Moore-Davis and Angelina Ebegbuzi are Talkin' Real Melanin. Airing this fall, the show is about subjects that are close to them and the Black community.

Talkin' Real Melanin premiers this fall onYourTV Windsor.

For more stories about the experiences of Black Canadians from anti-Black racism to success stories within the Black community check out Being Black in Canada, a CBC project Black Canadians can be proud of.You can read more stories here.

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Being Black in Canada highlights stories about Black Canadians. (CBC)