Becoming Gamal, part 2: Behind the badge
Gamal Turawa has lived many lives - but never fitted in.
Gamal Turawa has lived many lives - but never fitted in.
First as a black British boy adopted into a white family, then hoodwinked by his father and eventually begging on the streets of Lagos - he was always on the margins. As an adult he joined London's Metropolitan Police, but instead of finding a home there, his differences were used to tear him down and humiliate him. When Gamal finally hit rock bottom he decided to stop hiding and stand out.
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(Photo: Gamal Turawa. Credit: Courtesy of Gamal Turawa)
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