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Woman's Hour

Sheila Atim, Péju Alatise, Amanda Wakeley, Emma Norton

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Anita Rani talks to Sheila Atim the award-winning British-Ugandan actor about her new film ‘The Woman King’. She plays the warrior Amenza, part of the Agojie, an all-female army who battle fearlessly against marauding European slavers to protect their empire in 19th century Dahomay, in West Africa. Her role is Lieutenant to Nanisca (AKA Viola Davis), the formidable head of that female military regiment. A year on from the Atherton Review which found women in the armed forces were being let down with a majority reporting they had suffered bullying harassment or discrimination we hear from Emma Norton from the Centre for Military Justice about what progress has been made. A new sculpture by Nigerian artist Péju Alatise, Sim & The Glass Birds, can be seen in this year's Frieze Sculpture 2022 in London's Regents Park. Sim & The Glass Birds is a four-panel life-sized sculptural composition featuring the figure of a young girl and glass birds in flight highlighting the plight of marginalised young girls and the issue of child labour in Nigeria . Peju joins Anita in the studio. Amanda Wakeley OBE is one of Britain's best-loved designers. She has three British Fashion Awards and has dressed everyone from Diana, Princess of Wales to Beyoncé but a downturn during the pandemic saw her company collapse into administration. She’s now started her own podcast called Style DNA by Amanda Wakeley. She talks to Anita about starting over again, turning 60 and her never-ending love for a good white shirt. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Studio Manager: Tim Heffer

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:05.2

Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour

0:08.6

from BBC Radio 4.

0:10.7

Good morning, welcome to Friday's Woman's Hour.

0:13.3

I once talked to you about the power of dressing up,

0:17.1

power dressing this morning,

0:18.2

and I don't mean walking into a boardroom

0:20.2

in massive shoulder pads and toe-crushing stilettos.

0:23.9

I'm talking about clothes that have the power

0:26.6

to make you feel a certain way,

0:29.0

whether that's ready to take on the world

0:31.4

or ready to take down the boardroom,

0:33.5

clothes that bring you immense joy,

0:35.0

clothes that make you feel sexy, just straight up attractive,

0:38.2

the outfit you know you look really fit in,

0:40.9

the revenge dress,

0:42.3

or just the mothy and cardie

0:44.7

that makes you feel really safe.

0:46.3

Today we are talking about the power of the perfect outfit.

0:50.0

I hosted the Hello Inspiration Awards this week

0:52.2

and wore a dress with a very 60s inspired print,

0:54.5

not something I'd normally go for,

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