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Man told he is not British after 42 years in UK
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Searching for my roots in an Algerian cemetery
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‘I felt seriously cheated’ – Djimon Hounsou
From sleeping rough in Paris to being cast as a slave three…
My teenage cousin pushed me to go to university
The tutor on my exercise science course pointed me towards literature, and…
Realising my dream to become a novelist at the age of 19
I wrote the first draft in a ghetto in Lagos, working on…
Born and raised in Kenya, I yearned for Croydon
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‘He put young Black creators in positions of power’ – how the late Virgil Abloh shook up fashion
His death last year at 41 left a chasm in the industry.…
My life with borderline personality disorder
Compassion and empathy really lacked for me in that environment (boarding school),…
