Yomi Adegoke
Yomi Adegoke is a British journalist and co-author of the 2018 book Slay In Your Lane.
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Born | Croydon, South London, UK |
Occupation | Journalist |
Alma mater | University of Warwick |
Notable works | Slay In Your Lane |
Early life and education
Adegoke is of Nigerian heritage. She was born in Canning Town, east London, and raised in Croydon.[1] She attended the University of Warwick and studied law.[1] Her sister, Yemisi Adegoke, is a journalist for BBC Africa.[1] She took a year out of university and in 2013 she founded Birthday Magazine, a publication aimed at black teenage girls.[2] The magazine discussed race, pop culture and feminism.[3]
Career
Adegoke has written for The Guardian, The Independent and the Pool.[4][5] She was selected by The Dots as a woman who was Redefining the Creative Industry.[6] The Evening Standard described her as a Frontline Pioneer.[7] She has called out racism on university campuses.[8] She worked for Channel 4.[9]
Slay in Your Lane
Adegoke collaborated with Elizabeth Uviebinené to write Slay in Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible. Nine publishers fought for the rights to the book, with Adegoke and Uviebinené winning five-figure sums.[1] It was published by 4th Estate (HarperCollins) in 2018.[10] It was described as a 'guide to life for a generation of black women'.[11] To write the book, Adegoke and Uviebinené interviewed several accomplished black women, including Malorie Blackman, Denise Lewis, jamelia, Laura Mvula, Clara Amfo, Karen Blackett, June Sarpong, Margaret Busby and Estelle.[1] The book covers work, education, money, dating and health, as well as the media representation of black women.[12] It was selected by BBC Radio 4 as Book of the Week in July 2018. They discussed the book at the Southbank Centre for the London Literature Festival.[13] The pair have discussed the success of the book widely, in mainstream media and public discussions.[14][15][16][17][18] Complementing the book, Adegoke and Uviebinené launched the 'Slay in Your Lane: The Podcast' in April 2020 which continued the analysis of news and popular culture topics from a Black British female perspective.[19]
References
- Akbar, Arifa (2018-06-24). "How to be a black woman and succeed: two friends who have written the manual". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- "Yomi Adegoke". Blake Friedmann. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- "Post Black Talk – Do we live in a post racial society?". www.warwicksu.com. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- "Yomi Adegoke". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- "Yomi Adegoke". The Independent. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- "Slay In Your Lane: In Conversation with Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené". Glasgow Women's Library. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- Luckhurst, Phoebe (2018-02-06). "Meet the women who make up our Suffragette City". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- Horton, Helena (2016-04-06). "Warwick university investigates racist slurs scrawled on student's bananas". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- "Melan Mag Interviews: Authors of Slay in Your Lane, Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené". Melan Magazine. 2018-02-23. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- Onwuemezi, Natasha (2018-06-16). "Yomi Adegoke & Elizabeth Uviebinené | 'Just because something is by black women and about black women, that doesn't mean that it can't be mainstream'". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- Mowbray, Nicole (2018-07-11). "The women with Slaying power: Publishing sensations Elizabeth Uviebinené and Yomi Adegoke". Metro Newspaper UK. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- Fetto, Funmi (2018-07-11). "The Must-Read Book Empowering Young Black Women". Vogue. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- "Slay in Your Lane". Southbank Centre. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- "BBC Radio 6 Music - Amy Lamé, With Elizabeth Uviebinene and Yomi Adegoke on their new book Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible". BBC. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- "Who's Included? Black Women and the Workplace". info.lse.ac.uk. London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- "Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené". Bristol Festival of Ideas. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- Sanusi, Victoria (2018-07-10). "'Slay In Your Lane' is a true depiction of the hardships of being a black British woman". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- Parke, Phoebe (2018-08-08). "Slay In Your Lane: Why 2018's Black Girl Bible Is Supposed To Make You Feel Uncomfortable". Grazia. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- "Slay In Your Lane: The Podcast". Apple Podcasts Preview. Retrieved 28 April 2020.