"Growing up in Zimbabwe, I saw people that looked like me everywhere, that was my reality. Then I came here and I came up against the messaging that my reality wasn’t ‘the norm’.
There are so many little things, like having sign language on the news as the default in Zimbabwe, is another reality that isn’t the norm here. The rules of engagement are different here. Some realities deemed more legitimate than others— and that doesn’t quite cut it for me."
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PHOTOGRAPHER – KRISTINA YENKO STYLIST – OLIVIA SMYTHE MAKEUP – VERONIKA MOREIRA HAIR – CHRISSY ZEMURA
WORDS – ELIZA SHOLLY
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