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Wahala: Coronavirus in Sierra Leone

6-part series. Sierra Leone was one of the hardest-hit countries when the Ebola epidemic struck West Africa in 2014. Now it is battling the coronavirus. The first case was confirmed on the 31 of March and since then the numbers have been climbing steadily. Tyson Conteh is a filmmaker in Makeni, a city in northern Sierra Leone. He covered the Ebola outbreak for #BBCAfricaEye in the documentary Standing Among The Living and now he is making a series of video diaries for BBC Africa Eye showing how his city is dealing with the coronavirus.
Project type: Documentary/ 6x series
Date: 2020
Location: Sierra Leone
Role: Producer/ editor
Lenght: 8'
Channel:
BBC Africa Eye
Link: Watch Series Here
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