How 12 Year Old Nigerian girl ' Zuriel Oduwole' has impacted the world (photos)

One of our consistent blog reader messaged us demanding to know more about the young Nigerian girl Beautiful Zuriel  Oduwole whom was recently listed by Elle Magazine as one of the 33 women that impacted the world in 2014 and will be featured in the magazine's global North American edition, ELLE Canada, for the March 2015 Issue.

So we decided to share a couple of her achievements and a couple of things she has done that made her earn a place in that list of great and influential women , so here we go ...

The beautiful 12-year old Zuriel Oduwole, lives in California, but was born in Nigeria, and she happens to be, not only a political journalist and interviewer, but is currently the youngest professional working filmmaker in the world today.

She started out 3 years ago, at the age of 9, interviewing presidents and prime ministers in Kenya, Liberia, South Sudan and Jamaica among other countries, and celebrities, such as the Williams sisters. And, on top of that, she is still, to date, the youngest person in the world to be featured in Forbes Africa, was named one of the world's 100 most powerful individuals by Business Insider magazine, invited to attend the African Union's 50th anniversary conference, selected as Global Brand Ambassador for Ethiopian Airlines, and Heritage Bank's Financial Literacy Ambassador in Nigeria.

And that's just the beginning...

She makes it clear with everything she does, and every opportunity she has to speak, that her goal is to inspire young black women such as herself, and that she is  "concerned that not every girl has a right to get an education or a chance to accomplish her dreams like she does."

Now she has added to her very impressive resume (more impressive than 90% of most adults wouldn't you say) that of a documentary filmmaker.

Her feature doc, "A Promising Africa," her fourth one to date, was released last November at the Film House Cinema theater chain in Lagos, and will open this month in London. This makes her currently the youngest filmmaker in the world to have her film shown in a commercial movie theater.

Now, just to make it clear, before some wise guy commenter jumps in, Ms. Oduwole is not the youngest professional filmmaker in history. That credit, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, goes to Indian filmmaker Kishan Shrikanth, who started out as a child actor and directed his first theatrically-released film, "Care of Footpath," in India, when he was 10. Now he's a veteran, at the age of 19, with several films to his credit, which makes Ms. Oduwole the youngest professional filmmaker in the world today.

But no matter, Ms Oduwole is a true inspiration, and if she can't get us motivated to make our own films, then who can?

You can search for her name on youtube so you can watch some of her popular interviews , well to me she is a better role model to kids of the young generation than most show biz celebrities , cause the world is gradually becoming a platform where beauty and looking sexy are more important having brains ...