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#215 Chelsea Kwakye: On Taking Up Space

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emma gannon

Authors, Wellbeing, Arts, Books, Social Media, Creativity

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Chelsea Kwakye is the author of the book Taking Up Space co-authored with author and friend Ore Ogunbiyi. She is also a history graduate from Cambridge University and Taking Up Space tackle issues of accessibility, unrepresentative curriculums, race and discrimination within university spaces. This is the second title from #Merky Books, a partnership between Penguin and Stormzy, who has also announced that he is funding two Cambridge scholarships for black students in the UK. Whilst at Cambridge, Chelsea was the only black girl in her year group of around 200 people studying History, making it a very difficult environment to navigate - this is what we discuss in this episode of the podcast. She is currently studying at the University of Law in preparation for her training contract with a city law firm in London starting in 2020. She is one busy woman. Hope you enjoy this one and as usual please leave a rating or review if you enjoyed it. <3

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0:00.0

This episode of Control-Or Delete is sponsored by King Fisher, the company behind

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recognizable home improvement brands such as B&Q and Screw Fix, who help make better homes

0:10.4

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So if you're interested, go to careers. Kingfisher.com today to find out more about their tech and digital roles.

0:53.7

Thank you so much to King Fisher for sponsoring this podcast.

0:56.7

Hello and welcome back to another episode of Control-Lute Delete.

1:06.0

Today's guest is with Chelsea Kawachi, a history graduate from Cambridge University

1:11.0

and the author of the book Taking Up Space, co-authored with her

1:15.2

friend and fellow author, Ora Ogunbee, and the book really digs deep in tackling issues of accessibility,

1:21.7

unrepresentative curriculums, race and discrimination within

1:25.1

university spaces.

1:26.7

Taking up space is the second title from Mercky Books, which is a partnership between

1:32.0

Penguin and Stormsy.

1:33.6

And Stormsy has actually announced as well that he is funding

1:37.1

to Cambridge scholarships for black students in the UK.

1:40.4

While at Cambridge, Chelsea was the only black girl in her year group of over 200 people studying history and it made it a very difficult environment to navigate.

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