Elizabeth Uviebinené is an author and brand strategist. She is co-author of the 2018 book ''

Slay In Your Lane ''Slay In Your Lane'' is a series of books and a podcast by journalist Yomi Adegoke and brand strategist Elizabeth Uviebinené. The first book in the series, ''Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible'' (2018), is based on interviews the pair cond ...

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Education

Uviebinené is of Nigerian descent. She grew up in

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, south-east London. She studied at the

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, where she met her future best friend

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Career

Uviebinené was recognised by The Dots as a Woman Redefining the Creative Industry in 2018. Also in 2018 she won the ''WeAreTheCity'' Rising Star award. She featured on BBC Radio 6 Music's Black Power Season.

''Slay in Your Lane''

''Slay in Your Lane, the Black Girl Bible'' was published by

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in July 2018. It discusses the challenges that black women face in a mainly white country. Uviebinené had the idea to write ''Slay in Your Lane'' in 2015, and contacted her friend

. She came up with the title for the book after a picture of Solange Knowles at fashion week surfaced, and Uviebinené texted it to Adegoke with the caption "SLAY IN YOUR LANE". The publishing rights were won by

after a nine-way auction. The book was selected as Book of the Week by

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in July 2018. In April 2020, Uviebinené and Adegoke launched the 'Slay in Your Lane: The Podcast' which covered news and popular culture topics discussed within the book.

References

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