Zuriel Elise Oduwole is an American 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. 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, and then went on to show in Ghana, England, South
Africa, and Japan.Oduwole has met with 31 presidents and prime
ministers in line with her education advocacy 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. In
2013, Oduwole was listed in the New African Magazine's list of "100
Most Influential People" and in October 2017, Harvard University
graduate school featured her development story.Zuriel Oduwole was born
in Los Angeles, California in July 2002. Her first venture into media
and advocacy was in 2012 when she entered a school competition with a
documentary film about Africa titled The Ghana Revolution. For this
she conducted her first presidential interviews, when she met with two
former presidents of Ghana: Jerry Rawlings and John Kufuor.
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. 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, and then went on to show in Ghana, England, South
Africa, and Japan.Oduwole has met with 31 presidents and prime
ministers in line with her education advocacy 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. In
2013, Oduwole was listed in the New African Magazine's list of "100
Most Influential People" and in October 2017, Harvard University
graduate school featured her development story.Zuriel Oduwole was born
in Los Angeles, California in July 2002. Her first venture into media
and advocacy was in 2012 when she entered a school competition with a
documentary film about Africa titled The Ghana Revolution. For this
she conducted her first presidential interviews, when she met with two
former presidents of Ghana: Jerry Rawlings and John Kufuor.
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