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

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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.