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16/03/2013 GMT

The Forum @ London's South Bank: A celebration of women of African and Caribbean descent.

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Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, Ayanna Witter-Johnson

The Forum @ Women of the World festival: a gathering to celebrate female creativity and discuss the challenges women face across the globe.

This week’s Forum visits the Women of the World festival at London’s South Bank cultural centre, where Bridget Kendall is joined by four extraordinary women, each with a different story to tell, and all of them inspiring role models in their own fields: Ghanaian blogger and fashion label owner Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, Jamaican performance poet Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze, Jamaican-British cellist, singer and composer Ayanna Witter-Johnson and Nigerian-British space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock. How hard was it to achieve their ambitions? And what do they see as the biggest obstacles for women in the world today? With live music from Ayanna Witter-Johnson and poetry readings by Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze.

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