{"id":2835,"date":"2013-03-20T13:38:50","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T13:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/?p=2835"},"modified":"2013-03-20T13:38:50","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T13:38:50","slug":"document-womens-stories-my-60-seconds-idea-to-improve-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/document-womens-stories-my-60-seconds-idea-to-improve-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Document women’s stories: My 60 seconds idea to improve the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently I was invited to participate in the ‘The Forum<\/a>‘, a BBC World Service programme. When I got the initial query from the producer I thought, “why not?”, and then checked details of the programme online…<\/p>\n

“What? The programme is described as an ‘ideas discussion show which tackles the big questions of our age with some of the world’s most eminent minds.’?<\/p>\n

Ha! I thought, I’m not sure I have one of the world’s most eminent minds but I definitely have a mind and thoughts to share so yes, lets do this. I had the opportunity to meet some lovely inspiring women on the programme. Maggie Aderin-Pocock<\/a> is a space scientist who would like to retire to Mars one day in the future. I don’t even like to fly in planes and Maggie wants to go to space? More power to her.\u00a0Ayanna Witter-Johnson<\/a> is a prodigy in my opinion, she started playing the piano at the age of 4, is a classically trained musician and this year has set herself the goal of writing 100 songs. Yes, 100 songs o…let that inspire you to write one song, one blog post or one poem. Since I met her I’ve had her album ‘Truthfully’ on replay. Check out her rendition of ‘Ain’t I a Woman’ inspired by Sojourner Truth below.<\/p>\n