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Military guards look out towards Eagle Square awaiting the arrival of the newly elected president, Muhammadu Buhari. Inauguration day ceremony, Abuja, 2015. (Quartz Africa article)
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A seating area is reserved for friends and family of President. Eagle Square, Inauguration day ceremony, Abuja, 2015.
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A man poses for a picture with a painting of President Muhammadu Buhari, Unity Fountain, Inauguration day, Abuja, 2015.
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A group of friends that voted for Muhammadu Buhari gathered at the "Unity Fountain" to celebrate his election, Inauguration day, Abuja, 2015.
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A crowd of President Muhammdu Buhari supporters gathered near Unity Fountain.Inauguration day, Abuja, 2015.
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Onlookers watch music videos from a TV strapped to a car. Unity Fountain, Inauguration day, Abuja, Nigeria, 2015.
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Borno state indigenes who fled from Boko Haram occupied towns are bussed from Yola to Maiduguri, the Borno state capital. Yola, Nigeria, 2014.
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A girl who was displaced from Maiduguri, looks out the window of a bus. Yola, Nigeria, 2014
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A displaced woman from Jos poses with her child. She lives in an uncompleted building in Wasa. Abuja, Nigeria, 2015.
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"When Boko Haram came to Gwoza they were killing everybody. I escaped at night. Twelve members of my family are missing. I don’t know where they are.” Ahmadu, 46, a farmer who has been living in Daware settlement in Fufore, Adamawa state. November, 2014.
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Linda Daniel, 19, a cook at the night market in Yola, Nigeria. 2015
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Emmanuela Clinton, a poultry farmer who owns her own farm in Ukwashi Ukwu. Owerri, Nigeria, 2015.
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Uche Chukwu Ezeogu, 35, Accountant, Abuja, Nigeria.
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Portraits of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il of North Korea hang on Professor Alhassan Muhammad's sitting room wall. Alhassan, 54, is the chairman of the Nigerian-DPRK Friendship Association Abuja, Nigeria, 2017. (
Buzzfeed article)
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Professor Alhassan, 54, holding a picture of the former North Korean leade, Kin Jong Il, Abuja, Nigeria, 2017. (
Buzzfeed article)
Public Story
Nation
Credits:
rahima gambo
Date of Work:
12/31/69 - Ongoing
Updated: 07/11/17
"Nation" is a collection of images from various assignments, commissions, events and wanderings around Nigeria. 2014 - 2016