GirlZOffMute – What do schoolgirls in Malawi think of "Becoming" by Michelle Obama?
Have you read ''Becoming'' by former US First Lady Michelle Obama? Is a book you would recommend to others? The book focuses on three changes in the life of Michelle Obama: her childhood, meeting Barack Obama, and their time in the White House. On a trip to Malawi, she gave out copies to schoolgirls.
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00:00I'm seeing you guys are carrying books with Michelle Obama's face.
00:12Exactly.
00:13So, can you tell me more about them?
00:16That day when they came, when we were chatting, Michelle Obama was like, I feel like I should
00:22send you guys my book Becoming and a journal so that your voice can be heard, your story
00:28can be known, and she kept her word and sent the books, and actually, this is a very good
00:34book because it shows how you don't just go to the honey, you have to, the bees have to
00:41sting so that you get the honey, so she, and her journal, it's more like a guide to help
00:48you speak your voice, say your story, and I really love this book and the journal especially.
00:56I hope that as you're reading my story, you'll also think about your own because it's the
01:02most beautiful gift you'll ever have.
01:06The bumps and bruises, the joys and triumphs, the bursts of laughter, they all combine to
01:15make you who you are.
01:17Ivy, reading the book, what lessons have you grabbed from them so far?
01:22The book is all about how she was, how she achieved her goals.
01:29She's my role model, so it's helping me to follow the same way, whatever she was doing,
01:35the humble things, the hard working.
01:37Ntanda, can you recall any specific conversation you had with especially Michelle Obama?
01:42I sat with her, we were having like a round table discussion and I was facilitating the
01:48whole discussion on that table.
01:50I was very shy at first, but then confidence started building up in me slowly and slowly
01:55and I was able to facilitate it really well.
01:58Then she was all like, you know what, I really like the way you're facilitating this whole
02:02discussion, it's showing how confident you are, and she gave me all sorts of compliments
02:08and I felt so motivated.
02:09I'm like, oh my god, Michelle Obama just said I'm confident.