Somaliland
Sweet Smelling Wind Before the Rain: The Uffo Struggle for Justice tells the story of a group of heroic professionals in Somaliland during the war in the 1980s.
⚠️ Content warning: Depictions of violence
Length: 11:43
Partners: Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), The Research Council of Norway
Credits: Pat Masioni (Illustration), Jarbrain (Animation), Dr Ebba Tellander (Researcher), Dr Cindy Horst (Research Director), Dr Benjamin Worku-Dix (Director)
Info: Published on BBC Africa, BBC
Sweet Smelling Wind Before the Rain: The Uffo Struggle for Justice tells the story of a group of heroic professionals in Somaliland during the war in the 1980s.
With researchers from the Peace Research Institute Oslo, we travelled to Hargeisa in 2018 to conduct in-depth interviews with members of the UFFO group. After developing a script from these recorded conversations, we illustrated an animation based on their lives and experiences.
At every part of the process our scripts, character sketches, storyboards and artworks were sent to the Uffo group for their comments and approval. These comics reflect their life stories.
