Slay In Your Lane, Yomi Adegoke
Slay In Your Lane, Yomi Adegoke
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Slay In Your Lane

Author: Yomi Adegoke, Elizabeth Uviebinené

Narrator: Yomi Adegoke, Adegoke Uviebinené, Nneka Okoye, Karen Blackett

Unabridged: 12 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Fourth Estate

Published: 09/03/2019


Synopsis

The long-awaited, inspirational guide to life for a generation of black British women inspired to make lemonade out of lemons, and find success in every area of their lives. ‘This book is a gift for anyone who wants to better understand what Black women and girls are up against – and the tremendous resources they draw upon as they make their way in the world’ Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and founder of LeanIn.Org and OptionB.Org Slay In Your Lane ‘Black women today are well past making waves – we’re currently creating something of a tsunami. Women who look like us, grew up in similar places to us, talk like us, are shaping almost every sector of society.’ From education to work to dating, this inspirational, honest and provocative book recognises and celebrates the strides black women have already made, while providing practical advice for those who want to do the same and forge a better, visible future. Illustrated with stories from best friends Elizabeth Uviebinené and Yomi Adegoke’s own lives, and using interviews with dozens of the most successful black women in Britain – including BAFTA Award-winning director Amma Asante, British publisher Vanessa Kingori and Olympic gold medallist Denise Lewis – is essential reading for a generation of black women inspired to find success in every area of their lives.

About Yomi Adegoke

Yomi Adegoke is a multi-award-winning journalist and internationally bestselling author. She is currently a columnist at the Guardian and British Vogue. She’s written for the Sunday Times, the Independent, Stylist, and the New Statesman, among others, and was the host of the Women’s Prize for Fiction Podcast. In 2018, she cowrote the bestselling book Slay in Your Lane and in the same year was named one of the most influential people in London by the Evening Standard. She is a recipient of the Groucho Maverick Award and a Marie Claire Future Shaper Award, and in 2021 she was named one of Forbes 30 under 30.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jen on July 05, 2018

3/5 is a good middle ground. Part of me wants to give it 2/5 and the other part wants to give it 4/5 One thing that I feel I need to state: I am a Black British Woman. In fact I am roughly the same age as the authors of this book. I am who this book is supposed to be marketed towards, and yet - I don......more

Goodreads review by Lucy on July 06, 2018

I'm a white woman who lives in an almost overwhelmingly white part of the UK. I read Slay In Your Lane with the wish to understand the challenges experienced and documented by the authors. This is a clear-eyed unflinching look at the exhausting, demoralising, seemingly endless challenges facing blac......more

Goodreads review by Tamara on February 15, 2020

I wish I had this book growing up. To me, it speaks so much truth to the Black women's experience in life. I'm surprised it is based in the UK. It talks about the lack of make-up selection for Black Women in stores. An issue that make up companies didn't take seriously until Rihanna came out with he......more

Goodreads review by Kúnmi on June 04, 2019

Overwhelming depressing stats and stories. A few tid bits of useful advice here and there, mainly in the career chapter. I think more could have been made about the successes of the women interviewed to inspire readers as the lineup was impressive. Overall quite disappointing as I had high hopes, bu......more


Quotes

‘So many young women are looking for guidance as they navigate their personal and professional lives. With , Elizabeth and Yomi offer wisdom and encouragement to a rising generation of Black female leaders, on everything from the basics of financial literacy to how to deal with micro-aggressions in the workplace. ’ Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and founder of LeanIn.Org and OptionB.Org ‘A cultural landmark… This book is as much a rallying cry to black women across the British Isles as it is a solid foundation for serious discussions about modern race relations.’ ‘A prime example of how straightforward it should be to provide representation for young black girls’ ' for black women who want their experiences validated and for young British teens to see the inspirational women who have come before them' Victoria Sanusi, ‘Outspoken new role models for the next generation of black women … I imagine its intended audience will devour it whole. But it deserves to be widely read’ Janice Turner, ‘An read’ Pheobe Hurst, ‘An guide to life for the modern British black woman’ ‘ is an extremely important piece in black British sisterhood, because no one can talk to black women like black women’ ‘ – buy it to help the young black women in your life – and if you’re white, buy it so you know what we have to go through every day, because ignorance is a form of complicity’ Otegha Uwagba, author of