DOWNTOWNISSUE 1 2016

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View on London

Town

Interview

with people

of today

Carnival

CONTROVERSY

Let Us Party

London

Perspective

C o n t e n t s

2. Editor’s Note

3,4-View on London

5,6-The big interview

7,8-Let us Party

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Editors Note

3,4-View on London

5,6-The big interview

Welcome!

Hello Readers,

Welcome to DownTown Magazine, a magazine written especially for all the young Londoners out there. We aim to release information on the fresh-est events in London each month and we have some great articles and feautures in this month's issue. We had a chance to interview West London-er Hamzah and we also have fantastic articles in-cluding ‘our view on London’.In next month’s issue, we will be focusing on Icon-ic Black figures as well as interview the amazing Kourtney Michelle. We Look forward too hearing about Iconic figures in your life in the next Issue. In case your wondering who our East African Queen is on the front cover, Her name is Dana Trix-ie. In our next issue, we will have exlcusive fashion gossip from her. We also find out more about her world. Hope to see you in the next Issue. Enjoy!

Naomi Bharwani

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The big intervIEWInterviewer : Hello Hamzah, Thank you so much for join-ing us today.Hamzah : Hello John, that’s fineInterviewer : Remind us where your from?Hamzah : I’m from Somalia. I was born in LondonInterviewer : Have you been there previously and did you enjoy it?Hamzah : Yes, I went there 3 years go, I loved it John, there’s plenty to do and lots to see. Some pretty good food too.Interviewer : That’s fantastic, do you like living in Lon-don?Hamzah : Of course, I love London, all my mates are here and I go to college in Hammersmith. I am able to go out on the weekends. I mean the night life is pretty good in London. There’s bars and clubs and some good res-taurants. Interviewer : Do you think it is easy to make friends in London?Hamzah : Yes, I believe it is easy to make friends here, the people are so friendly and cool. I mean when I’m lost and my GPS is acting up, I ask for directions and people are so helpful?

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Interviewer : You have been linked to actress kate simon? How did you meet her? Hamzah : Well I met her a club, we were talking and she told me she wanted to know more about London so I offered to show her around town.Interviewer : How was that?Hamzah: Interesting, we really enjoyed ourselves. I showed her around and we had a massive fry up.Interviewer: I bet you did, Any advice to young people that would to move to London?Hamzah : Go for it, I mean, I was scared at first but I settled in straight away, I have a part time job and go to college now, I was in a very bad place last year so I’m very happy in London now. Now im chilling with Kate Simon Ha Ha. Anyone that wants a fresh start is encouraged to come to London. Interviewer : Thank you Hamzah, all the best.

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