Nigerian Young Filmmaker, Zuriel Oduwole Rubs Shoulders With Angelina Jolie, Others

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Nigerian youth filmmaker, Zuriel Oduwole has been listed by ELLE Magazine as one of ‘33 Women Who Impacted the World in 2014’.

Zuriel will be featured on the magazine’s global North American edition, ELLE Canada, for the March 2015 Issue.

The documentary film maker and girls education advocate, at 12 years old, is the youngest on the list.

She is an honorary Ambassador for the First Lady of Tanzania’s foundation, WAMA.

Zuriel Oduwole was recognised for her various works in 2014, which included launching a hand hygiene campaign for school kids in Africa during the Ebola crisis, inviting First Ladies across Africa to talk Girls education in her colloquy, speaking to children in Ethiopia and the UK on Education, premiering her first movie for screening in a commercial cinema in November 2014, and taking 2 footballs across the globe during the FIFA World Cup to keep the education topic exciting,

Other notable personalities on the list include Federal Reserve Bank Chairperson, Janet Yellen; activist/actress, Angelina Jolie; General Motors President, Mary Barra, and ABC TV super producer, Shonda Rhimes.

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