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Part 2: Join us on this concluding part with Dr Mrs Owoola Ambali, as she continues to share her academic research journey with us. She shares life post PhD, job prospects, the importance of support systems especially the support of family and valuable tips for upcoming PhD candidates in Nigeria. she also highlighted the importance of integrity, rigor, and truthfulness in research. Thank you for sharing the realities. I doff my hat, Doctor! You are an inspiration and the work you are doing is incredible.

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Part 1:  Dr Mrs Owoola Ambali obtained her PhD in Pharmacognosy from the prestigious University of Ibadan, Nigeria. In this log she shares the impact of inadequate infrastructure while doing research in Africa.  Systemic barriers and disadvantages as well as being a woman, a wife, and a mum navigating the landscapes of doing academic research in Nigeria. But against all odds, Dr Mrs Ambali, stands strong with integrity and hard work. She keeps impacting the lives of her students in the Department of Medicine where she currently lectures.

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Dr Udeme Jacob gives us an insight into the ups, downs, challenges, and yes rewards that are peculiar to doing research in Africa. Amid challenges such as lack of appreciation of the work done by us and for us, lack of funding, infrastructure, and governance issues. Even with these, the competence of researchers in Nigeria cannot be underestimated or undermined.

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Support systems we have found useful. 
Michelle and myself got together to chat about what support looks like at different stages of our PhD experiences.  Enjoy!

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Faith!
2 Timothy 2 vs 3: paraphrased- 'Enduring hardness' and then 'reaping the rewards'.This discussion on our log today is not only inspiring but it shows the place of faith  in a PhD Journey. Dr Kennie shares some of the lessons he has learned through his PhD journeys, yes you heard that right! Journeys . These are lessons through the Journeys of  two PhDs. What Tenacity!.  Some of the life lessons he shares with us are consistency, tenacity and yes resilience against all odds ("African resilience"),  as an international student in a foreign land, the odds of keeping your head up in the face of constant "victimization", the odds of coming from an educational system that might not have prepared you. But yet, you overcame, you conquered.  So many practical lessons and tips. Thanks for sharing your journey! You are truly an inspiration.

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In this log, we put a face to the research. (Dr Titi's amazing work in the Aerospace Engineering field). We delve into the inspiration and motivation behind the research. 
The challenges, the high moments and the impact of cultural differences on learning. Even so, the peculiarities of labels  a 'woman' and within that a woman of colour, 'young' etc
I hope you enjoy listening.

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