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Inside Lives: everyone has a story inside them
A scene from Ola's African childhood

My First Friend

Author: Ola Siwoku

Ola spotted a stranger on his patch. So he chased him...

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"I saw this creature playing in my back garden. Messing around with my butterflies. Sniffing my flowers and catching my grasshoppers..."

Ola Siwoku is in his early 30's, and works for part of the time as a computer programmer. He is also a Research Officer for a black charity. As his work might suggest, storytelling using multimedia is one of his major interests. He thinks producing this story has helped him learn a little more about himself and others.

Ola thinks racism is a prominent feature of Staffordshire and the UK... from a black perspective. This story is meant to provoke thought - people must focus more on our similarities rather than concentrating on differences.

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