The 61-year-old founded Sistah Space in 2015 - the only domestic abuse charity in the UK that caters specifically for women and girls of African and Caribbean heritage.
Ngozi Fulani and her six siblings grew up as the"only black family on our road" in Kilburn, northwest London in the 1960s.
And when her sister gave birth at the age of 17, her white social worker used a racist term to describe her baby. On Tuesday, as the chief executive and co-founder of Sistah Space, a charity that supports domestic abuse victims of African and Caribbean heritage, she attended a reception at Buckingham Palace.The event, part of the United Nations' 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, was also attended by first lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska and former Spice Girl Mel B.
She says that although she had a small number of black teachers, there were just four other black students in her class.
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