Behind All The Stories Behind All The Stories

'I don’t want relatability to be a hill I have to die on, I don’t want that to be why people engage with me.'

Episode summary: Today’s episode features multi award winning journalist and best selling author Yomi Adegoke, who alongside being one of the brightest stars in British journalism is Yemisi’s younger sister. Yomi speaks about the thin line between journalism and influencing, co-writing a best selling book and how she got her start.

Host: Yemisi Adegoke

Producer: Yemisi Adegoke

Editing: Kelechi Anozia

Music: New Age Muzik

You can follow Yomi on Twitter @yomiadegoke or on Instagram @yomiadegoke

Read her column in British Vogue:https://www.vogue.co.uk/profile/yomi-adegoke

And her column in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/series/reality-checked

Instagram: @BehindAllTheStories

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Twitter: @_behindstories

'I had to stop doing certain stories, because they only want to see certain things from Africa.'

Episode Summary: Wana Udobang, is what Nigerian parents describe as 'someone who has two heads.' She's a poet, a journalist, a host, a documentary maker, an artist, an all round storyteller. In this episode she speaks about moving back to Nigeria, why she stopped telling certain stories about Africa and trying to stay balanced.

Host: Yemisi Adegoke

Producer: Yemisi Adegoke

Editing: Kelechi Anozia

Music: New Age Muzik

You can follow Wana on Twitter: @MissWanaWana and on Instagram: @MsWanaWana

You can watch her on The Cultural Diaries here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBTJuakGKZTdpVwiguFV4k0vKVhurlR6X

And check out her spoken word album 'Transcendence' : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpgUargcjaRd7Mpn4zEi4Mf0KdUmeNhmO

Instagram: @BehindAllTheStories

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Twitter: @_behindstories