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Catch Up with Zainab Boladale

Ep. 189

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Zainab Bolodale was just twenty when she became a news reporter for RTÉ via their kids news show News2Day. These days you'll see her on Nationwide, or indeed on bookshelves via her new YA novel Braids Take a Day. It was a real pleasure to chat to her about her career, Nigerian culture, going your own way in terms of career and, of course, her book.


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