''Slay In Your Lane'' is a series of books and a podcast by journalist
Yomi Adegoke
Yomi Adegoke (born 25 September 1991) is a British journalist and author.
Early life and education
Adegoke is of Nigerian heritage. She was born in Canning Town, east London, and raised in Croydon. She attended the University of Warwick and s ...
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 conducted with "39 successful black British women spanning different industries". ''
The Daily Telegraph
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'' described it as "one of the most satisfying attempts in recent years to answer the question: why do black British women feel that their success is hindered?"
The second book in the series, ''Slay In Your Lane: The Journal,'' was published in 2019.
''Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible''
''Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible'' covers education, work, getting ahead, representation, dating, and health.
"Over 341 pages, degokeand her best friend, Elizabeth Uviebinené, succinctly address why black girls are more likely to fall behind in education (black pupils have the lowest rate of achieving five A*-C grades of any ethnic group); why they earn less, even when they are as qualified, than their white counterparts ("black graduates are, on average, paid £4.30 an hour less than white graduates"); why black women find it so hard to date (only five per cent of 18 to 24-year-olds have dated outside their race, and on dating apps, black men are more likely to pick white women than black); and why so many black women are battling mental health problems in secret."
It is based on interviews the authors conducted with "39 successful black British women spanning different industries", namely: businesswoman
Ade Hassan
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Althea Efunshile
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Efunshile has a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Essex, a Postgraduate Certificate in Education, PGCE from Goldsmi ...
; director Amma Asante; computing, mathematics and language child prodigy
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; playwright
Bola Agbaje
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Charlene White
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Denise Lewis
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; singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actress Estelle; Florence Adepoju; businesswoman, lawyer and public speaker
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Irene Agbontaen
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; singer, songwriter and TV presenter
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; TV broadcaster June Sarpong; advertising industry professional and chair of MediaCom UK
Karen Blackett
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; singer and songwriter Keisha Buchanan; rapper, singer, and producer Lady Leshurr; Lakwena, recording artist, songwriter and composer
Laura Mvula
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; space scientist
Maggie Aderin-Pocock
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; author and former Children's Laureate Malorie Blackman; publisher, editor, writer and broadcaster
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; entrepreneur and author Melanie Eusebe; author and Reader in Equality & Education at Goldsmiths College, University of London,
Nicola Rollock
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; Patricia Bright, TV and radio presenter, actress, voice-over artist, and DJ
Sarah-Jane Crawford
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; entrepreneur
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Susan Wokoma
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; publishing director of British ''Vogue''
Vanessa Kingori
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; Vanessa Amadi; and singer-songwriter, model and record producer V V Brown. It has a foreword by Karen Blackett.
In 2019 the book's authors accused the
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of plagiarism for using their trademarked slogan "Slay In Your Lane" in a women's sport promotion.
Reception
Funmi Fetto, described the book in British ''Vogue'' as "a comprehensive, inspirational tool book ..that is bound to resonate with many black British women seeking to assimilate the heritage of their parents with their sense of place in British society."
Corrine Corrodus, reviewing the book in ''
The Daily Telegraph
''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.
It was fo ...
,'' described it as "one of the most satisfying attempts in recent years to answer the question: why do black British women feel that their success is hindered? ..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."
In July 2018 it was a
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