Mariam Jimoh: Your passion can become your profession
34m | Sep 30, 2019Mariam Jimoh is a social entrepreneur. She is the founder of Women in the City Afro-Carribbean Network, known as WCAN, the ethnic food delivery service Oja, and the publisher Onwe Press. When she set up WCAN at university in 2013, it was the first organisation of its kind. Six years on, WCAN supports 4000 black women in their professional and personal development.
https://twitter.com/TheArtofMariam
https://www.wcan.uk/
https://www.my-oja.com/
https://www.onwepress.com/preorder
Host: Charlotte Lorimer
Music: Milly Ashbridge
Artwork: Amber Haas
Definitions
Fundraising: Seeking financial support for a charity, cause, or other enterprise.
Bootstrapping: Starting up with minimal financial resources.
Books
Daughters of Nri, Reni K Amayo
https://www.onwepress.com/books/daughtersofnri
Queenie, Candice Carty-Williams
https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Candice-Carty-Williams/Queenie/23449724
"I Will Not Be Erased": Our stories about growing up as people of colour, gal-dem
https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/gal-dem/I-Will-Not-Be-Erased-Our-stories-about-growing-up-as-people-of-colour/23674482
What We're Told Not to Talk About (But We're Going to Anyway): Women's Voices from East London to Ethiopia, Nimko Ali
https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Nimko-Ali/What-Were-Told-Not-to-Talk-About-But-Were-Going-to-Anyway/20394734
The Multi-Hyphen Method, Emma Gannon
https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Emma-Gannon/The-Multi-Hyphen-Method--The-Sunday-Times-business-bestseller/23289114
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