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The Gurls Talk Podcast

Ep 21. Adwoa talks to Ore Ogunbiyi about being the only black girl in the room at Cambridge.

The Gurls Talk Podcast

Gurls Talk

Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education, Mental Health

4.8584 Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Reading Ore Ogunbiyi’s ‘A letter to my fresher self: Surviving Cambridge as a black girl’ hits such an emotional chord with me. Being a minority in a predominantly white institution creates some serious life skills. Which is why I invited Ore on to the podcast this week. We chat about discrimination in the classroom, overcoming imposter syndrome, and when you arrive back at uni with braids – no, your hair isn’t something people can freely smell and touch! Really guys, WTF?! We also t...

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0:00.0

Girls Talk

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You're listening to the Girls Talk podcast

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hosted by me, Adjoa-Boha and powered by our friends at Nike.

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This is where girls come together to talk, share, listen and take control.

0:19.0

So listen to us every week for your source of fierce chat. And don't forget to subscribe.

0:27.5

Hi everyone. It's June and for girls talk, this means we're busy talking about life skills.

0:38.6

This month we have possibly the biggest, baddest guest booked who are sharing their tools on how they live their

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best lives. I can't wait to record them all and share them with you. And up this week is a woman

0:50.3

who has recently graduated from Columbia University in New York and co-written the book

0:56.9

Taking Up Space, which is available to buy on the 27th of June. The book is described as the

1:03.3

Black Girl's Manifesto for Change and explores the issues surrounding diversity and inclusion

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within high education.

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I've invited her on because I think the way she's talking about being a minority

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in a predominantly white institution is open, honest and truly inspirational.

1:22.6

At Girls' Talk, we concentrate on the conversations that are really needed to be talked about.

1:28.0

And the subject of what it means for a young black girl today to find their voice at university

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is something we're fully behind.

1:35.3

So let's get this show on the road.

1:41.8

So please let's give a warm and big welcome to Ori Ogambi.

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Hello.

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Hi.

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How are you?

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