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Ruby de Lanerolle

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Ruby de Lanerolle

Ruby de Lanerolle is an 18-year-old South African, currently studying at the United World College of the Adriatic in Italy. It is a school with students from 80 different countries and a multitude of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. She is a co-founder of Ukuzibuza and is interested in how philosophy and studies of the mind can work to dismantle oppression.

The embroidered portrait of Banyana Banyana’s forward Thembi Kgatlana by Cape Town artist Danielle Clough was part of a Nike campaign sharing stories of powerful women in soccer, and featured in the DG Murray Trust’s third issue of Human Factor magazine that explores the concept of identity among youth in South Africa.
ACTIVE VOICE

E-prime makes speakers take responsibility

Being forced to use the active voice and cutting the verb “to be” from our speech can nudge us towards being more accountable — and clearer

  • Ruby de Lanerolle
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