MERI’BA

"Meri'Ba" documents a part of the West Nile region in Uganda, where I first visited in 2019. Through my previous work with refugees, I was invited by the GIZ to document the communities in this area, where refugees and host communities live and work side by side.

I worked alongside a film crew, capturing the lives of the people in this region. "Meri'Ba" focuses on communities in the northern part of Uganda, near the border with South Sudan. For over two decades, Uganda has been a host country for refugees from South Sudan, with the majority settling in the West Nile region. Uganda is widely praised for being one of the most refugee-friendly countries in the world.

One of our interviewees, who was once a refugee and is now the parish priest in Moyo, shared his hopeful vision for the future with us:
"Don’t call me a refugee, call me friend."