Randa Abdelfattah

Before we get started, we just wanted to let you know that this episode contains descriptions of human sacrifice. Now, on with the show.

Before we get started, we just wanted to let you know that this episode contains descriptions of human sacrifice. Now, on with the show.

Before we get started, we just wanted to let you know that this episode contains descriptions of human sacrifice. Now, on with the show.

Good. Her name is Ore Ogunbi.

Good. Her name is Ore Ogunbi.

Good. Her name is Ore Ogunbi.

In 2015, she was in her first year at one of England's most prestigious universities.

In 2015, she was in her first year at one of England's most prestigious universities.

In 2015, she was in her first year at one of England's most prestigious universities.

But it wasn't just the lack of diversity among the students that felt alienating for Ore. It was everything she was surrounded by, the physical space itself.

But it wasn't just the lack of diversity among the students that felt alienating for Ore. It was everything she was surrounded by, the physical space itself.

But it wasn't just the lack of diversity among the students that felt alienating for Ore. It was everything she was surrounded by, the physical space itself.

Ore went back and forth to classes and meals and activities, surrounded by these images of past school chancellors, donors, alumni. It just became part of the background. Maybe that's why, at first, she didn't notice the one object in the dining hall that would change the course of her life.

Ore went back and forth to classes and meals and activities, surrounded by these images of past school chancellors, donors, alumni. It just became part of the background. Maybe that's why, at first, she didn't notice the one object in the dining hall that would change the course of her life.

Ore went back and forth to classes and meals and activities, surrounded by these images of past school chancellors, donors, alumni. It just became part of the background. Maybe that's why, at first, she didn't notice the one object in the dining hall that would change the course of her life.

Today, Benin is a country in West Africa. But Benin was also the name of a major kingdom that was located in what's now southern Nigeria as early as the 1200s, a civilization that produced incredible works of art, collectively known as Benin bronzes, like the metal rooster Ore was staring at in her dining hall.

Today, Benin is a country in West Africa. But Benin was also the name of a major kingdom that was located in what's now southern Nigeria as early as the 1200s, a civilization that produced incredible works of art, collectively known as Benin bronzes, like the metal rooster Ore was staring at in her dining hall.

Today, Benin is a country in West Africa. But Benin was also the name of a major kingdom that was located in what's now southern Nigeria as early as the 1200s, a civilization that produced incredible works of art, collectively known as Benin bronzes, like the metal rooster Ore was staring at in her dining hall.

But it wouldn't take long for that feeling of embarrassment to turn into something else.

But it wouldn't take long for that feeling of embarrassment to turn into something else.