Zuriel Oduwole

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Zuriel Oduwole (2015)

Zuriel Oduwole (born 2002 in Los Angeles ) is a Nigerian - American activist and filmmaker. She is known as the youngest filmmaker in the world and is known for her commitment to girls' education in Africa.

life and work

Zuriel Oduwole grew up with her three younger siblings in Los Angeles. Her father is from Nigeria, her mother from Mauritius . Her parents have her home schooling .

Zuriel Oduwole interviews former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan

Zuriel Oduwole gained her first experience in filmmaking at the age of nine in a school competition. Because she wanted to make a film about the history of Ghana , she wrote a letter to former Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings asking him to tell her about his own experiences for the project. Rawlings then invited them to Ghana. Zuriel Oduwole's first documentary, The Ghana Revolution , emerged from their conversation . Since then, Oduwole has interviewed numerous other heads of state from African and Caribbean countries, top politicians from Africa, the USA and Europe and other well-known personalities such as civil rights activist Jesse Jackson , entrepreneur Aliko Dangote , athletes Venus and Serena Williams and Holocaust survivor Eva Haller .

In 2014 - Oduwole was now 12 years old - her documentary A Promising Africa (A Brighter Nigeria) premiered in London . It is the first part of a five-part series about Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa , Tanzania and Mauritius. The film was also shown in Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa and Japan . This makes Oduwole the youngest person to have commercially released a self-produced film.

It is Oduwole's declared aim to convey a positive image of Africa with her documentaries.

Political commitment

Zuriel Oduwole presents the Dream Up, Speak Up, Stand Up campaign

Zuriel Oduwole founded the Dream Up, Speak Up, Stand Up campaign in Lagos in March 2013 , with which she campaigns for better educational opportunities for African girls. The organization supports school projects in Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Ethiopia , Maritius, Tanzania and Malawi . For the 2014 World Cup , she expanded the campaign to Brazil and the USA. In April 2014, Oduwole gave her first political speech at the First Lady's Colloquy on Education , to which First Ladies from African states and states are invited to discuss girls' education in Africa.

Zuriel Oduwole's sisters Azaliah and Arielle participate in some of their public appearances and film projects.

Oduwole also deals with the connection between education and climate change and is committed to climate protection . In 2017 she was invited to the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn to give a lecture and moderate a discussion for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change . At 15, she was the youngest person ever to be officially invited to a UN climate conference.

Media coverage

In 2013 New African magazine included Zuriel Oduwole in its list of the "100 Most Influential People in Africa". She was the youngest person to ever get a place on the list. That same year, she was featured in Forbes Magazine - also as the youngest person in the magazine's history . In 2014, Business Insider magazine named Oduwole the most powerful 11-year-old on their list of “World's Most Powerful Person at Every Age”. In 2015 Elle magazine named her one of the "33 Women Who Changed the World". The magazine New African Woman awarded Oduwole the young talent of the "New African Woman Award" ("New African Woman On The Rise").

Filmography

  • The Ghana Revolution (2012)
  • The 1963 OAU Formation (2013)
  • Educating and Healing Africa Out of Poverty (2013)
  • Technology in Educational Development (2014)
  • A Promising Africa (A Brighter Nigeria) (2014)

Web links

Commons : Zuriel Oduwole  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Wonderkid Zuriel Oduwole takes on Michael Jackson in new documentary . In: The Guardian , November 23, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2016. 
  2. ↑ a b c Lauren Said-Moorhouse: She's made 4 films, interviewed 14 heads of state - oh, and she's only 12 . In: CNN , April 30, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2016. 
  3. ↑ a b c d e MEET THE YOUNGEST FILM MAKER IN THE WORLD - ZURIEL ODUWOLE . In: CNBC , March 19, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2016. 
  4. ↑ a b Bukola Ogunsina: Zuriel Oduwole: World's Youngest Film Maker . In: Leadership Newspaper , June 27, 2015. Accessed March 25, 2016. 
  5. ↑ a b Ebenezer Wikina: Meet the Super Girl: My Stroll With Zuriel Oduwole . In: The Huffington Post , September 5, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2016. 
  6. ^ Zuriel Oduwole interviews her 15th world leader, President Alpha Conde of Guinea . In: The Guardian , June 8, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2016. 
  7. ↑ a b c d Zuriel Oduwole's résumé on the Dream Up website , Speak Up, Stand Up , accessed March 26, 2016.
  8. ^ A b Hassan, Sanusi: Young Nigerian filmmaker, Zuriel Oduwole honored alongside Angelina Jolie, others . In: Nigeria Entertainment Today , February 23, 2015. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved March 25, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / thenet.ng 
  9. ↑ Azaliah Oduwole's résumé on the Dream Up website , Speak Up, Stand Up , accessed March 26, 2016.
  10. ↑ Arielle Oduwole's résumé on the Dream Up website , Speak Up, Stand Up , accessed March 26, 2016.
  11. ↑ Zuriel Oduwole heads to COP23 in Bonn, Germany. In: The Guardian . November 15, 2017, accessed March 11, 2019 .
  12. ^ Zuriel Oduwole makes Africa's most Influential people list . In: The Nation , December 2, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2016. 
  13. ↑ Melissa, Stanger, Melia, Robinson: The Most Powerful Person at Every Age . In: Business Insider , April 21, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2016. 
  14. ↑ New African Woman on Twitter, March 10, 2016, accessed March 29, 2016.
  15. ↑ Zuriel Oduwole: Africa is rising, rise with it! . In: New African Woman , March 24, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2016. 
personal data
SURNAME Oduwole, Zuriel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerian-American activist and filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH 2002
PLACE OF BIRTH los Angeles