As a Black female voice in media, Ananda Lewis’s impact broke many invisible barriers, challenging stereotypes and paving the way for the generation that followed.

Ananda Lewis has died at the age of 52. She became known in the '90s as a BET host and MTV VJ before launching her own TV talk show. In 2020, she revealed she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.

She did it all, impeccably,” writes Gideon Yago of his late former colleague, who died this week at the age of 52.