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10 Feb 2023

David Oluwale is among the fascinating figures from the city’s history whose untold or underrepresented lives are being highlighted as part of Overlooked, which opens at Leeds City Museum today. An apprentice tailor who arrived in the UK from Nigeria in the 1940s, David Oluwale came to Leeds where he was sadly targeted because of his mental health, homelessness and race.

Overlooked: David Oluwale is among the fascinating figures from the city’s history whose untold or underrepresented lives are being highlighted as part of Overlooked, which opens at Leeds City Museum today. An apprentice tailor who arrived in the UK from Nigeria in the 1940s, David Oluwale came to Leeds where he was sadly targeted because of his mental health, homelessness and race.
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