‘It wasn’t what I expected, it’s beautiful’: British-Somali youth explore their roots | Global Development Professionals Network

Somaliland’s population was scattered across the globe by a civil war in the late 1980s. Though it remains unrecognised as a separate nation from Somalia, Somaliland is now a haven of relative peace in the unstable region. During summer the population of its capital swells with diaspora visitors who come from all over the world to spend their summer exploring the land of their family. Words and photographs by Kate Stanworth