"It was my first time away from home, everyone mimicked my Manchester accent, I was the only Black girl in my year and I didn't get any parts. It felt isolating."
"I thought, 'What am I doing? I cannot be getting into debt for this. I'm from a family of academics; I want some hard facts.'"
"She really took a risk," Mosaku told BBC News, adding: "She let me explore and take my own risks and encouraged me to do so."
"I think I've been too nice about it in the past, but I don't give a s*** any more,"
Wunmi Mosaku attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2004 and found the experience difficult and isolating. She was the only Black student in her year, endured mimicry of her Manchester accent, and was repeatedly not cast in parts. She spent her student loan on traveling home every weekend during her first year. Mosaku questioned certain teaching methods, noting a year's membership to London Zoo was given instead of early Shakespeare study. She expressed concern about accruing debt and credited her mother for funding audition travel and encouraging risk-taking. Daisy May Cooper also described a traumatic experience and bullying at the same school.
Read at The Independent
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