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Yagazie Emezi

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Yagazie Emezi ( bɛ dɔɣi o la silimiingoli March dabaayi dali, yuuni 1989) o nyɛla ŋun nyɛ Nigerian yiliyiina , ni self-taught independent photojournalist based ka o be Lagos, Nigeria.[1]

Emezi, nyɛla ŋun nyɛ ŋun yina mabiligu shɛli bɛ ni boli ni Umuahia la n be Umuahia South, Abia State la , bɛ daa dɔɣi o la silimiingoli March dabaayi dali , yuuni 1989, ka o nyɛ ŋun zoogi Aba, Nigeria. Bɛ dɔɣi ba la bɛ niribi ata amaa ŋuni n nyɛ kaluɣi sani ka bɛ kpemsani mi nyɛAkwaeke Emezi.[2]

Emezi nyɛla ŋun pili anfooni tuma yuuni 2015 ka ban tabiri sɔŋdi o n nyɛ The Washington Post, National Geographic,[3] Al-Jazeera, The New York Times, Vogue, Newsweek, Inc., TIME, The Guardian, Refinery29, Everyday Projects, The Weather Channel nti pahi The New York Times Magazine.[4]

During the End SARS protests, Emezi was on the frontline of documenting the protests in Lagos.[5]

  • 2019 Environmental Changes & Risks To Women's Health,[6] Speaker, University of Global Health Equity, Kigali, Rwanda
  • 2019 How Art Can Generate Better Health Outcomes, Speaker, Hamwe Festival. Kigali, Rwanda[7]
  • 2019 Chronic Conditions: Knowing, Seeing & Healing the Body in Global Africa,[8] Speaker, University of Kansas. Kansas, USA
  • 2018 Fast Forward: Women in Photography, Speaker, Lagos Photo Festival. Lagos, Nigeria
  • 2018 Guest Lecture, Speaker, Parsons School of Design New York, USA
  • 2017 Rethinking Creation in the Digital Age, Speaker, FCAEA & Everyday Africa. Nairobi, Kenya,
  • 2016 Narratives Through Photography, Speaker, Social Media Week. Lagos, Nigeria.
  • 2015 Limitations to Exploring Photography Off the Streets, Speaker, Rele Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria.
  • 2015 Connecting to the Consumer, What We Know and How to Utilize it, Speaker, Mobile West Africa. Lagos, Nigeria.

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  • National Geographic 2020 Grantee.[9]
  • Recipient of the 2018 inaugural Creative Bursary Award from Getty Images.[10][11]
  • U.S Consulate 2018 Grant from The United States Consulate General Lagos, Nigeria.
  • The 2017 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of New Mexico, African Studies Department.
  • African Biennale of Photography, Bamako, Mali. 2019.[12]
  • The Female Lens, Richard Taittinger Gallery, New York, USA. 2019
  • Relearning Bodies, Hamwe Festival, Kigali, Rwanda. 2019
  • HERE, Alliance Francais, Lagos, Nigeria. 2019
  • Present and Forgotten, Vlisco&Co, Art Twenty One. Lagos, Nigeria. 2018
  • Festival Pil’ours, Saint Gilles Croix de Vie, France. 2018
  • Insider/Outsider, Women Photograph, Photoville. New York, USA. 2017
  • Body Talk, Refinery29, Photoville. New York, USA, 2017
  • Re-picturing a Continent, Alliance Francais, Everyday Africa. Nairobi, Kenya. 2017
  • LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph, Charlottesville, USA. 2016
  • The Everyday Projects at FotoIstanbul, Istanbul, Turkey. 2016