Zuriel Oduwole
Nigerian education activist
Zuriel Elise Oduwole is an education advocate and film maker best known for her works on the advocacy for the education of girls in Africa. Her advocacy has since made her in the summer of 2013 at the age of 10, the youngest person to be profiled by Forbes.
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- A dream is the first step in any major journey, and if it is big enough, it might affect the lives of very many people. So I have dreams also, and i hope they affect the lives of many people, especially children.
- Dreaming is a very cool thing to do because, it can also take you away from a bad situation and so, I encourage them to keep dreaming. I dream too, and I am already living some of my dreams.
- I've tried to find out why children, especially girls, are not as educated in Africa and other developing countries and one thing I noticed is culture. More value is placed on boys than girls, and there's this belief that the girl's name would change when she gets married, so there is no need to give them resources that are already little.
- I want to make sure that on the African continent, girls have the opportunity to go to school and get a good education.
- I want to try and tell positive stories, especially African stories.
- Girls do need help to catch up to the same level that boys are right now, especially in regard to equal opportunity whether it's education or any opportunity that comes up as they get older.
