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Copyright © Yomi Adegoke & Elizabeth Uviebinené
Picture section photographs: here, here, here and here by Dorothy Oginni; here, here, here and here by Tish Greenaway.
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Source ISBN: 9780008235628
Ebook Edition © July 2018 ISBN: 9780008235611
Version: 2018-09-13
For Yem, who taught me to ‘Slay In My Lane’ before I knew what it meant to, and for Yinks, who inspires me to do so daily, and more than she will ever know.
Yomi
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In loving memory of Ingrid & Sidwell, thank you for everything.
Elizabeth
Contents
Copyright
Dedication
Interviewees
Foreword by Karen Blackett
Introduction
‘It’s Always a Race Thing With Her’
Education
Work
Work Twice as Hard to Get Half as Good
Getting Ahead
When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade
Representation
Dating
Health
Picture Section
Endnotes
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
Ade Hassan MBE
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Afua Hirsch
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AJ Odudu
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Alexis Oladipo
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