Shola Mos-Shogbamimu

Her first book, This Is Why I Resist: Don't Define My Black Identity, was published in January 2021 and addressed the nuances and intricacies of "race, racism and race inclusion" terminology.

At the age of 19 she obtained her first degree, LLB Hons, from the University of Buckingham, going on to earn an MA degree in Diplomatic Studies from the University of Westminster, an LLM degree in Commercial & Corporate Law from the London School of Economics, a PhD in Law from Birkbeck, University of London, and an Executive MBA from the University of Cambridge. She is also founder of the Women in Leadership Publication. In June 2020 Vogue magazine named her among "8 Educational Black Voices To Listen And Learn From Now".

Mos-Shogbamimu appears on television as a commentator on issues related to politics, current affairs, race and diversity. She has been particularly outspoken about what she perceives to be the negative media treatment of "women of colour" who are in the public eye, such as Serena Williams and Meghan Markle. In 2019 Mos-Shogbamimu delivered a TEDx Talk entitled "This is why I resist", in which she made clear why she refuses to be defined by the colour of her skin, her gender or religion, engaging her audience with her views on feminism and politics, and encouragement to join her "conscious revolution". In March 2021 she engaged with Piers Morgan in a debate as a guest on Good Morning Britain discussing the Oprah with Meghan and Harry interview.

Mos-Shogbamimu, born on November 13, 1975, was raised in London, Nigeria, and the United States and lived in East Africa when her mother was working for the Commonwealth of Nations. Speaking of how she has been influenced by her Nigerian heritage, she has said: "My parents brought me up with a really strong identity of who I am and so I have never felt inferior due to the colour of my skin, being a woman or gender. I would use the word feminist to describe my father. He was the first male feminist I knew."