Background
She grew up in Ghana, Italy, Britain, and Kenya. Quist-Arcton was born in Oxford, England, on 4 August 1958.
She grew up in Ghana, Italy, Britain, and Kenya. Quist-Arcton was born in Oxford, England, on 4 August 1958.
Quist-Arcton obtained a Bachelor with honors in French Studies (with international relations and Spanish) at the London School of Economics and went on to complete a yearlong course in radio journalism at the Polytechnic of Central London. This course included two internships at the British Broadcasting Corporation, which she joined in 1985.
She works for National Public Radio, reporting on issues and events related to West Africa. She began kindergarten in Ghana and went to high school and university in the United Kingdom. Education Journalism and radio Quist-Arcton was appointed the British Broadcasting Corporation West Africa correspondent in 1990, heading the regional bureau in Abidjan, Ivory Coast and covering 24 countries.
In 1994 she returned to British Broadcasting Corporation"s Bush House in London, where she served as a host and senior producer on the British Broadcasting Corporation World Service flagship programs, Newshour and Newsday (later renamed The World Today before that program was in turn replaced by a new show, again called Newsday), as well as a contributing Africa specialist for other British Broadcasting Corporation programming.
Beginning in 1995 Quist-Arcton began work in the United States of America for the joint British Broadcasting Corporation-Institutional Revolutionary Party production The World. After briefly returning to British Broadcasting Corporation World Service, in 1998 Quist-Arcton was appointed co-host of the South African Broadcasting Corporation"s flagship radio drive-time show, Prime Minister Live in Johannesburg.
She returned to British Broadcasting Corporation in 2000 as an Africa correspondent. Quist-Arcton joined National Public Radio in 2004 at the newly-created post of West Africa Correspondent in Dakar, Senegal.
She reports on Africa, covering all aspects of life and developments on the continent.