Fati Abubakar

Fati Abubakar is a Nigerian photojournalist and documentary photographer. Abubakar was born and raised in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. Her work has been published in The New York Times, CNN Africa, BBC and Voice of America. She works primarily to document the travails of Borno, including the Boko Haram insurgency. She has a project called Bits of Borno. Quotes Do what you can, be gentle with yourself about what you can't. Fati Abubakar's quotes my fame I think made it easier for more women in the north to identify as photographers, to want to be photographers fati-abubakar-changing-the-focus-on-northeast-nigeria, www.irishtimes.com I wanted to have a training where young people will ... learn how to be visual storytellers, because I think there’s lots of stories in the state and in the region in general fati-abubakar-changing-the-focus-on-northeast-nigeria, www.irishtimes.com For the duration of the year that we are mentoring the students we allow them to use the camera any time fati-abubakar-changing-the-focus-on-northeast-nigeria, www.irishtimes.com What the media is reporting is the reality, but, there was also another side of the story. There is life in a conflict. People become stronger, sometimes, because of the adversity that they face world-press-freedom-day-photojournalist-fati-abubakar-untold-stories-borno-state, theglobalcoalition.org I knew I had a goal, which was to tell the story of the community from a different perspective and, also, to show the vibrance of colour and culture of our community. But I knew that visuals were important. It would be embedded in the minds of people. They would see, you know, this community world-press-freedom-day-photojournalist-fati-abubakar-untold-stories-borno-state, theglobalcoalition.org External links Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:Women from Nigeria Category:Photographers from Nigeria