Fati Abubakar Explained

Birth Place:Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
Nationality:Nigerian
Alma Mater:South Bank University

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]

Notes and References

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