EP#4 - Poetry & Flowers | Karimot Odebode

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This episode features Karimot Odebode, poet, youth and gender rights advocate, and feminist. In the discussion, she tells Ufuoma and Faith what poetry means to her, her belief in art as a form of activism, whether every poet can make a good spoken word artist, and how art helped her become who she is today. She also closes the episode with a poetry rendition titled, 'Like a Flower'. You can find out more about her and her work at www.karimotodebode.com Karimot is a two-time Youth Champion for ONE Campaign. You can find them at www.one.org. She also mentions being inspired by Dike Chukwumerije, the spoken word artist, performance poet, and author. You can find out more on him via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dike_Chukwumerije