Surreal Fruit Sky Over Hargeisa Campaign Board

Giant green mangoes and paper lanterns float motionless against a ceiling that has transformed into a stormy monsoon sky. Below, a wooden bulletin board filled with campaign flyers stands in the dimming light of a Hargeisa office. The fluorescent tube above buzzes, casting a harsh white glow on the paper notices while dramatic grey clouds swirl around the suspended fruit. Shadows stretch long across the cork surface, where hand-painted slogans in Somali and English catch the edge of the dying sunset light filtering through the impossible horizon. One mango hangs directly above the board, its stem casting a tiny, sharp shadow on the paper below.