Colours of Leicester 12/1/22 Colours of Leicester 12/1/22

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

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.’

Colours of Leicester 6/9/21 Colours of Leicester 6/9/21

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

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.’