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Uju Asika is a blogger, screenwriter, creative consultant, and acclaimed racial equality speaker whose powerful voice is shaped by her rich personal and professional experiences. She is the founder of Babes About Town, a top-ranking UK parenting and lifestyle blog, and the author of thought-provoking books on race and inclusion. Her lived experience as a Black British-Nigerian woman and mother informs much of her work, particularly her commitment to racial justice and inclusive parenting. Uju regularly speaks at corporate and public events, addressing themes such as race, intersectionality, and anti-racist parenting – topics she navigates with honesty, empathy, and insight.
Uju began her career as a journalist, contributing to outlets like The Guardian, Time Out, and The Daily Times, where her storytelling talent and sharp social commentary set the tone for her future advocacy. In 2008, she became a screenwriter for Nigeria’s long-running TV series Tinsel, before launching Babes About Town in 2009. The blog quickly rose in popularity, becoming known for its cultural commentary and parenting content, and was later ranked among the Top 10 London Lifestyle Blogs (2020) and Top 10 UK Mum Blogs (2021) by Vuelio. Her transition into authorship and speaking was a natural evolution of her desire to foster dialogue around race, identity, and parenting.
Her literary contributions have made significant waves in recent years. Her debut non-fiction book Bringing Up Race: How to Raise a Kind Child in a Prejudiced World (2020) was hailed by the Evening Standard as one of the Best Books of the Month, and the 2021 North American edition received starred reviews. In 2022, she published A World for Me and You: Where Everyone is Welcome, a children’s picture book championing diversity and empathy, followed by Raising Boys Who Do Better: A Hopeful Guide for a New Generation in 2023, a compelling guide promoting gender equality. Uju’s impact has earned her speaking engagements with notable organisations such as Dentons, Grazia Magazine, and the NASA Johnson Space Centre.
Through her work, Uju continues to drive essential conversations on race and social justice. Her talks explore the nuances of anti-racist parenting, the realities of living in a racialised society, and how intersectionality shapes individual experiences. With her engaging delivery and wealth of insight, she provides audiences with practical tools for creating more inclusive communities. Uju is not only a captivating speaker but a much-needed voice in today’s discourse on race and equality – making her an exceptional choice for any organisation committed to meaningful change.
Uju Asika is regularly booked to engage audiences at events, read their latest feedback below:
“Uju was amazing. Please thank her so much for coming to join us. We really enjoyed her story and her take on the topic. She hit the brief perfectly and has given us a platform to build on awareness of intersectionality which is exactly what we wanted.”
“Thank you for an incredibly thoughtful and wonderful discussion today. This was SO helpful and I hope extra thought provoking for some of our colleagues. We appreciate your patience and grace. We reached 100 folks today and will share with even more via the audio recording. I’ve already received multiple requests. We appreciate you helping us all to continue to educate ourselves and continue to journey towards a better world. Thank you again. You are truly, wonderfully out of this world!!”
“Uju Asika’s talk was an inspiration to all students. Especially in the world we live in today, it is vital that we are antiracist and she spoke so passionately about the importance of teaching children to be antiracist from a young age. She told us all about her upbringing and her own personal encounters with racism which made us all more aware of how a person who is discriminated against because of their skin colour can feel, making us as a school community more motivated to make change. She concluded with her message of hope in young people and how she believes that young people will continue fighting for action and change concerning racial justice which motivated us to do so in our school community. It is clear to see that her passion and enthusiasm for teaching young people about race definitely had a positive impact on our school community.”
“The session with Uju was amazing, thought provoking, insightful.”
“Really appreciated the session and how Uju calmly engaged with some challenging topics and made the points eloquently.”
“Uju gave two talks at Warwick School, both entitled ‘Bringing Up Race’. The first was to all of the pupils in the senior school and the second was to parents. Both talks were outstanding. They were pitched at the level of their respective audiences and very clearly our pupils engaged with the content. The talks have enabled us as a school to open up conversations around race, equality, inclusion and unconscious bias. Some parents have also messaged to say that their sons have started conversations at the dinner table as a result of hearing Uju’s talk.”
“Uju was amazing! Thank you very much for helping to facilitate this. She made a few of us cry, really thought-provoking and I have seen many comments about getting her in the office! Phenomenal storyteller.”
“Huge thank you to Uju for her impactful and reflective talk with the team. It was a great balance of understanding black history and how it continues to show up in present day events and experiences as well as how people can be effective allies by understanding privilege and take proactive actions in supporting the black community and being anti-racist.”
“I can provide a little feedback in that Uju was very approachable, relaxed and open to understanding how the sessions could be tailored to meet the needs of our business. She suggested some great questions that could be covered but equally showed flexibility meaning we had the confidence that the output would be right for our business.”
“In the words of the attendees they said absolutely wonderful, really insightful, interesting talk and discussion, eye opening brilliant, great conversation, fab talk.”
“We thought the talk that Uju did for our Deloitte Digital colleagues on the 7th March was brilliant. Our colleagues that were able to join the call, all thought she did a really excellent job that proved to be inspirational to many of our discussions at other events that week. Lots of people have commented on how eloquently she spoke about her own experiences, highlighting challenges whilst also providing really actionable advice. Personally I also thought she was really fantastic – she had a friendly warmth about the way she spoke that really helped open up our internal panel discussions afterwards enabling some really frank and honest conversations.”
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