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Lavinya Stennett CEO of The Black Curriculum teaching Black British history to young people in the UK
Portrait of a Londoner
English - October 01, 2020 04:45 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBPersonal Journals Society & Culture News News Commentary south-east london community horniman Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Jason Arday on racial inequality in higher education
Lavinya talks to us about growing up in South london, being excluded from school but managing to sit her GCSEs and A levels at the same time @merton college before heading to @soasuni to get her degree.
During her time at SOAS Lavinya started @theblackcurriculum and she explains her motivation and drive for doing this.
She discusses how her parents influenced her creativity and also some of the famous women that inspire her including @michelleobama @dinaashersmith and @adwoaaboah and hear our reaction when she tells us she is only 23 years old!