At 12 years old, some girls play and then as a hobby, they collect dolls. At 12 years old, Zuriel Oduwole plays, but on the side, she makes documentaries, interviews world leaders (14 Presidents and Prime Ministers so far), and advocates Girl Education globally.
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Her theme of discussion and focus at the conference, was Africa - Beyond Potentials.
In March 2015, she was a speaker at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, and the Ashesi University in Ghana. Last weekend a few days off the plane from Tokyo - Japan, where her latest movie premiered, she was a guest speaker and panelist at the prestigious Columbia University in New York, for their annual Africa Economic Forum conference.
Other speakers included the former Prime Minister of Tanzania H.E Frederick Sumaye, the President of Citibank Group Sub Sahara Africa - Ade Adeyemi, and a past Chief Economist of the African Development Bank - Dr. Mthuli Ncube.
At just 12 years old, she is on record the youngest featured event speaker at an Ivy League University, since some were founded more than 200 years ago. For Africans and Americans of African descent, this was a defining moment of clear unadulterated pride.
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