In 2009, Oprah announced that she was founding the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in Gauteng province, South Africa. The show on which she discussed the opening of the school was a mix of charity, celebrity savoir-ism, and complicated American-African dynamics. Special Guest: Elizabeth Todd Breland, historian who studies education and education reform. Find lots more on our website — Oprahdemics.com Producer Nina Earnest, Executive Producer Jody Avirgan. Artwork by Jonathan Conda. Oprahdemics is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories. If you want to support the show directly, you can do so on our website: Oprahdemics.com