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DESCRIPTION:The Elizabeth Evans Baker Endowed lecture\, 2020\n\n \n\nBits o
f Borno: Reshaping A Narrative\n\nFati Abubakar is a documentary photograph
er\, photojournalist\, and public health worker from Nigeria. She was born
and raised in Maiduguri\, Borno State. She has a Bachelor's degree in Nursi
ng\, a Master’s degree in Public Health and Health Promotion\, and an MFA i
n Experimental and Documentary Arts. She specializes in documenting cities
and towns\, highlighting both the positives and negatives of each location.
She focuses on health perspectives\, using photography as a medium to high
light the problems at the community level. She also has an interest in docu
menting cultures\, conflict\, urban poverty\, rural development\, and human
itarian issues. She has a special interest in counter-narratives for underr
epresented communities. In 2015\, she embarked on a personal project to sho
wcase her hometown of Borno State\, Nigeria at the time of Boko-haram. A pr
oject which has been titled ‘Bits of Borno’ on social media has gained crit
ical acclaim and has been published in media outlets including The New York
Times\, BBC\, Reuters\, CNN\, Voice of America\, Newsweek Europe\, Africa
is a Country blog\, Nigerian newspapers such as ThisDay and the Blueprint.
She has been commissioned to work with UNICEF\, International Alert\, Actio
n Aid\, and more.
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SUMMARY:Contemporary History Institute presents Fati Abubakar
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