Posts by Ore Ogunkola
“I have come to appreciate the stories of my people, most especially the women from my tribe.”
People of Xander: Ọrẹolúwa Ogunkola Xander Associate Ore is proud of her background and her heritage. She is from a family of educators with a rich history of language. Or – like iron Ore E – like the beginning of Egg O – sounds like Oh LU – sounds like…
Read More“I’ve only been black for three years.”
Ore is one of our many talented Associates at Xander who hails from another part of the world. Her homeland, Nigeria, is a country where the idea of racism is merely a notion, discrimination of another person’s skin is rare, and the thought of being considered a “black woman” perplexing. For Black History Month 2021,…
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