Uju Asika is best known as the author of Bringing Up Race: How to Raise a Kind Child in a Prejudice World and her blog Babes About Town. She has also been a journalist at some of the UK’s biggest outlets. When booked as a speaker Uju comes ready to inspire others to help tackle racism and discrimination in the world. She uses her talks as an opportunity to discuss topics such as race, anti-racist parenting, and intersectionality in a bid to make the world a more inclusive place.
As a journalist, she has written for The Guardian, Time Out and The Daily Times amongst other leading UK press outlets. She also founded the Babes about Town blog where she writes about a wide range of topics including things to do in London with children, the top places for family meals and how to spend your weekend. Her work on the blog has been very successful and has been recognised as one of the Top 10 London Lifestyle Blogs by Vuelio and in the Evening Standard’s Top 10 UK mum Blogs.
Uju also founded Mothers and Shakers a digital agency that is made up of award-winning bloggers who aim to empower mums. They offer support to organisations to find talent to boost their campaigns and support aspiring bloggers with courses and support to become more known. In 2020 she published Bringing Up Race: How To Raise A Kind Child In A Prejudice World. In the book, she explores the ways parents can tackle the conversation of race with their children in an open and honest way which leads to their children becoming understanding and inclusive. The book was named one of the Best Books of September 2020 by the Evening Standard.
Available to hire as a speaker Uju Asika holds open and honest discussions on race, intersectionality, and anti-racist parenting. She has spoken to various organisations providing an informative and engaging discussion that looks at diversity, race, unconscious bias and calls on her own experiences to look at the impacts of racism. A fantastic speaker, Uju Asika is a great choice when looking for an inspirational, diversity and inclusion speaker.
