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Shola Ajayi is from New York and she worked with youth organizations in New York teaching people how to tell stories. That work inspired Shola to be the person she is today and her work with the UR4Africa organization. Shola\u2019s father worked in Lagos in Nigeria and growing up she would visit him there during summer vacations. After college she moved back there for a year and she struggled at first because there were many things about living there she was not used to. One day, she made a decision to go to film school and tell stories about Nigeria. \n\nShe then went back to Nigeria to make a film for her thesis project. That\u2019s when things began to really inspire her because the entire community offered its support to her in order to make her film. There were many challenges to make her film including intermittent power supply and other issues. But she was able to overcome them thanks to the community\u2019s support. But also, young people were really curious as to how she was making her film. That experience was what inspired UR4Africa. Her thesis project turned into something bigger. Shola traveled back and forth from New York to Nigeria and soon decided to work in Nigeria full-time. \n\nHer story and her experience is definitely worth listening to her explain the work of the organization, their mission and goals and how and why they decided to get involved in mobile filmmaking. The program launched last year, in 2017. \n\nShola talks about creativity with storytelling with film because with limited resources troubleshooting and creativity are a must. This episode is very informative about storytelling in a community and how some communities with the least resources can make mobile filmmaking work for them to share their stories with the entire world.\n\nYou can reach Shola in the UR4Africa organization at team@ur4africa.com. Be sure to mention SBP Podcast or something referring to our podcast in the subject line so she doesn\u2019t miss your email. \n\nWebsite for their media content: www.UR4Africa.com\n\nWebsite for the Youth Program: www.publicartafrica.org\n\nTwitter, Instagram and Facebook: @PublicArtAfrica and @UR4Africa\n\nSBP Links:\n\nPatron Bonus Podcast Episodes and Festival Ticket Discounts on Patreon:\nhttp://patreon.com/sbppodcast\n\nSBP Podcast Blog:\nhttp://sbppodcast.wordpress.com\n\nSBP Podcast Website:\nhttp://sbppodcast.studio\n\nInternational Mobile Film Festival Website:\nhttp://internationalmobilefilmfestival.com\n\nFacebook:\nhttp://facebook.com/sbppodcast\n\nTwitter:\nhttp://twitter.com/sbppodcast\n\nSusy Botello on Twitter:\nhttp://twitter.com/susybotello\n\n\xa9 copyright 2018 S. Botello Productions\u2122. All rights reserved.