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A platform for storytellers.

We are a multimedia storytelling platform sharing a range of personal experiences and talent that exists within Leicester. Our aim at Colours of Leicester is to create a space where we as a community develop a deeper understanding of each other and form respect and appreciation for communities outside our own. This magazine will celebrate our unique differences, highlight our similarities and be a space where you can discover and connect with like-minded locals.

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Photograph: Favour Irene. Location: Castle Gardens.

A few of the many stories we have collected.

 
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Featured Articles
Childhood Nostalgia
Childhood Nostalgia

By Aine Joseph

‘I am a mix of different heritages, it’s part of who I am and influences the way I relate to the world around me. I think Leicester is a fantastic, vibrant melting pot of different cultures, languages and people.’

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Life Isn’t Linear
Life Isn’t Linear

By Anonymous

‘So, Christmas day arrives, I'm peeling potatoes at my mum’s house, balling my eyes out and I decide this is it, I’m taking back the reins and regaining control of my life. I was unhappy – I was grateful for many things, but I was unhappy.’

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Who am I?
Who am I?

By Muzammil Khomusi

‘I am a workhorse with FOMO. I am sick, and scarily dispassionate. A field which once fascinated me is now beginning to fester in the corners of my consciousness, my identity is rotting away, and no one seems to care.’

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Every immigrant undergoes two separate lifecycles
Every immigrant undergoes two separate lifecycles

By Daud Xiddig

‘The contrast between my mum's life in Somalia and her life here in the UK is so vast that I cannot even imagine piecing them together as one…as her child, I am a product of that overlap. I reside somewhere in the middle.’

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Chaotic convenience to Calm County
Chaotic convenience to Calm County

By Vandana Pankhania

‘I missed the hustle and bustle of the street, the presence of people on the street at all hours of day and night and the convenience of not needing a car.’

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