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Sometimes the most powerful stories demand to be told creatively. Graphic storytelling is increasingly being used to convey emotion, surprise audiences and sometimes, to protect people’s identities. This was the case for Abike’s story, a comic produced for the Guardian to tell the true story of a Nigerian woman trafficked to the UK for sexual exploitation. The graphic story was produced by Benjamin Dix, founder of literary comic agency PositiveNegatives, and illustrated by artist Gabi Frödén.
Dix says telling Abike’s story in graphic form helped bring the unimaginable to life: “Abike’s story is one of the darkest and most chilling testimonies that I’ve heard. The graphic form shows us that nightmare, not just through narrative, but we actually see it and feel it.”
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