Otegha Uwagba
Otegha K. Uwagba is a British writer and the founder of Women Who, a platform aimed at women working in the creative industries. Uwagba wrote the best-selling Little Black Book: A Toolkit For Working Women (2017), published by 4th Estate. In 2018 she was selected for the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
Otegha Uwagba | |
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Born | Nigeria |
Occupation | Writer |
Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Notable works | Little Black Book (2017) Whites (2020) We Need To Talk About Money (2021) |
Website | |
Women Who |
Early life and education
Uwagba was born in Nigeria and grew up in South London.[1][2] She studied philosophy, politics and economics at New College, Oxford.[3][4] She graduated in 2011 and intitally worked in advertising.[3][5]
Career
Uwagba worked at Vice and Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, and went freelance in 2015.[1][6] In 2016 she founded Women Who,[7][8] a platform that connects women working in the creative industries. The first Women Who project was the A6 Little Black Book,[9] a toolkit for working women, which included advice on how to network, how to overcome creative block and how to build a personal brand.[10][11] Initially Uwagba self-published the book – and the first print run of 250 copies sold out in two days.[1] The rights to the book were subsequently purchased by 4th Estate, and it went on to become a The Sunday Times best seller.[12][13]
Through Women Who, Uwagba created a weekly newsletter (The Roundup) and a podcast, In Good Company.[1] In July 2020 Uwagba wrote the essay Whites, which was described as, “Uwagba's observations on this era-defining moment in history – that is, George Floyd's brutal murder and the subsequent protests and scrutiny of institutional racism – Whites explores the colossal burden of whiteness,”.[14]
Uwagba has called for more work to be done to address the gender and ethnicity pay gap.[15] She has said that whilst people often make excuses for the ethnicity pay gap, such as people clustering in low-paid industries, “It's hard to find any other reason for that beyond racism,”.[16] Her third book, We Need To Talk About Money, is due in 2020.[17]
Select publications
- Uwagba, Otegha, author. Little black book : a toolkit for working women. ISBN 978-0-00-824509-2. OCLC 1004375062. Retrieved 2020-07-21.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- UWAGBA, OTEGHA. (2020). WHITES. [S.l.]: FOURTH ESTATE LTD. ISBN 0-00-844042-5. OCLC 1164368490.
- We Need To Talk About Money[19][20]
References
- "MY KIND OF INFLUENCER". NICOLA GREENBROOK. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
- "Otegha Uwagba, Founder of Women Who | A Little Bird". 2018-10-10. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
- "40th Anniversary of Women Students - Grand Party and Networking Day | New College". www.new.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
- "Women Who: How Otegha Uwagba Helps Women Who Create". Yonah Channel. 2017-08-15. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
- Vince, Jessica (2018-07-17). "I Quit My Job To Launch A Women's Network". ELLE. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
- "Otegha Uwagba launches Women Who, a network for creative working women". www.itsnicethat.com. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
- Uwagba, Otegha (2018-03-07). "Women Who founder Otegha Uwagba: 'I've been treated differently. Being outspoken, you get that'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
- "Otegha Uwagba interview: talking careers with the founder of Women Who". Culture Whisper. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
- "Subscribe to read | Financial Times". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
- "Little Black Book by Otegha Uwagba | Waterstones". www.waterstones.com. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
- "Little Black Book: A Toolkit for Working Women by Otegha Uwagba". Lionesses of Africa. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
- Ramsden, Tracy (2018-04-30). "Otegha Uwagba Is On a Mission To Empower Working Women". Marie Claire. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
- "Little Black Book by Otegha Uwagba - Paperback | HarperCollins". HarperCollins UK. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
- "Fourth Estate signs 'powerful and timely' Uwagba essay | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
- "Post-Coronavirus, Are We Going To Talk About Money Differently?". British Vogue. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
- Osborne, Hilary (2020-06-20). "Financial inequality: the ethnicity gap in pay, wealth and property". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
- "Financial inequality: the ethnicity gap in pay, wealth and property". Financial inequality: the ethnicity gap in pay, wealth and property. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
- "Otegha Uwagba". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
- "Money memoir from Otegha Uwagba to 4th Estate | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
- "HARPERCOLLINS ACQUIRES NEW TITLE BY OTEGHA UWAGBA". HCUK Corporate. Retrieved 2020-07-21.