After
finishing one of the most successful talk shows in daytime television, the motherhood bug has bitten Oprah Winfrey. After a visit to
Africa with Nelson Mandela, Oprah invested all her time and energy in
creating one of the most successful girls-only school the world have
ever seen. The
Oprah
Winfrey Leadership Academy
is a girls-only boarding school in Johannesburg, South Africa that
provides educational and leadership opportunities for academically
gifted girls from impoverished backgrounds in South Africa.
“I
realized that the only way to create long-term improvement and
empowerment, and literally change the trajectory of somebody’s
life, is through education,” shared Winfrey in a recent interview
with Forbes Magazine.
Education
is in fact gate to freedom, but what Winfrey never expected was it will become her gate to motherhood. 'Mom
Oprah' is always on call for her African graduates.
"I am in a really, really, good space. Being able to step into the mother role has brought, unexpectedly, the greatest source of happiness in my life said Winfrey. "
"We’re texting all the time," Winfrey told ABC News’s JuJu Chang recently. "I was on the phone last night for an hour with one of them."
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| Oprah is moved to tears when graduate Marwiya James is presented with the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Award. |
Watch Oprah's commencement remarks and see why keynote speaker Graça Machel says the graduation is a triumph for the whole country.
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