Fati Abubakar

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Fati Abubakar
Born
Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
Alma mater South Bank University
Occupations
  • Photographer
  • nurse

Fati Abubakar is a Nigerian photojournalist and documentary photographer.

Life and work

Abubakar was born and raised in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. [1] [2] After obtaining her master's degree in public health and health promotion from the South Bank University in London in 2015, Fati, upon her return to her hometown, took up photography. [3]

Her work has been published in The New York Times , CNN Africa, BBC and Voice of America. [4] She works primarily to document the travails of Borno, including the Boko Haram insurgency. She has a project called Bits of Borno. [4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Fati Abubakar". africasacountry.com. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "'She has been our family's lifeline'". Nursing Standard . 31 (9): 65. 26 October 2016. doi:10.7748/ns.31.9.65.s48. ISSN   0029-6570. PMID   27787168.
  3. ↑ Hassan, Abdullahi D. (20 September 2020). "Fati Abubakar: Storytelling Through The Lens Of A Camera". The Guardian . Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  4. 1 2 "LagosPhoto | International art festival of photography in Nigeria". Lagos Photo . Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "Women in war zones: Shooting the frontline when you're not a middle class man". Huck . 19 October 2018.


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