Zuriel Oduwole
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Zuriel Elise Oduwole is an American education advocate[1][2][3][4] 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.[5][6] In November 2014, at age 12, Zuriel became the world's youngest filmmaker to have a self-produced and self-edited work screened, after her film showed in two movie chains,[7][8] and then went on to show in Ghana, England, South Africa, and Japan.[9][10][11]
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Born | Zuriel Elise Oduwole July 2002 Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Years active | 2012–present |
Organization(s) | Dream Up, Speak Up, Stand Up |
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Website | www |
Oduwole has met with 31[12][13] presidents and prime ministers in line with her education advocacy and various global socio-development work. Some of these include the leaders of Jamaica, Croatia, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Liberia, South Sudan, Malta, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Guyana, Sierra Leone and Namibia. She has also appeared in popular television stations including CNBC, Bloomberg TV, BBC and CNN.[8] In 2013, Oduwole was listed in the New African Magazine's list of "100 Most Influential People" [14] and in October 2017, Harvard University graduate school featured her development story.[15]