The Woman's Place

12-Year-Old Zuriel Oduwole has been listed by ELLE Magazine recently as one of ‘33 Women Who Impacted the World in 2014’ and will be featured on ELLE Canada for the March 2015 Issue. Zuriel, a popular Nigerian documentary film maker and girls education advocate, at 12 years old, is the youngest on the list. She was recognised for her various endeavors in 2014 which include inviting First Ladies across Africa to talk Girls education in her colloquy, speaking to children in Ethiopia and the UK on Education, taking 2 footballs across the globe during the Fifa World Cup to keep the education topic exciting, launching a hand hygiene campaign for school kids in Africa during the Ebola crisis and premiering her first movie for screening in a commercial cinema in November 2014. Zuriel is also an honorary Ambassador for the First Lady of Tanzania’s foundation, WAMA. Other notable pacesetters on the list include Federal Reserve Bank Chairperson, Janet Yellen;...

I listened to this woman yesterday,share her life story which I had read many times and to say I was inspired,is simply to put it most mildly.She remembered how she was born by an unwed teenage mother who had no connection with her.She said nothing was lucky about her life and she stressed that her life is all about grace,many blessings and divine order!. She painted a picture of how many of us would have been born to expectant happy parents who welcomed us and gave us the best and yet we live pitiful lives.She recounted her story with tear filled eyes and maintained that if she could be this unworthy and still be blessed by grace,then you and I should be more blessed because we are worthy!. These,to me are sacred words that rode home to my soul to settle forever. Once upon a time,I wanted so much to be like Oprah until I heard a story about her being an atheist.I was so disappointed that I stopped following her life events.How fulfilling it was for me to hear her emphatically s...