Yagazie Emezi

Yagazie Emezi (born March 2, 1989) is a Nigerian artist and self-taught independent photojournalist based in Lagos, Nigeria. Quotes I very much wanted a bubble where you could step in and all the violence of the world would bounce away It is literally what I am supposed to do malevolent trickster, whose goal is to torment the human mother by dying unexpectedly only to return in the next child and do it all over again I’m supposed to die, but I’m not allowed to commit suicide don’t identify as shit. I am the thing. It’s not an opinion If you’re Igbo, it’s all about social standing We’re so defined by that gaze. But we’re not back in the day now. I don’t have to live in hiding. What does it look like if I mark myself The different organizations that came up to support these protests–in my opinion–have proven more efficient than the government You know what, my job is just to bear witness, take pictures, document what's going on External links Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:Photographers from Nigeria Category:Women artists from Nigeria Category:People from Lagos