Yagazie emezi biography of martin
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Yagazie Emezi
Nigerian artist and photojournalist
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| Born | () March 2, (age&#;35) |
| Years&#;active | present |
| Known&#;for | photographer |
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Yagazie Emezi (born March 2, ) is a Nigerian artist and self-taught independent photojournalist based in Lagos, Nigeria.[1]
Early life
Emezi, a native of Old Umuahia in Umuahia South, Abia State, was born March 2, , and raised in Aba, Nigeria.
She is the youngest of three siblings, her older sibling being Akwaeke Emezi.[2]
Career
Emezi started with photography in and has been commissioned by The Washington Post, National Geographic,[3]Al-Jazeera, The New York Times, Vogue, Newsweek, Inc., TIME, The Guardian, Refinery29, Everyday Projects, The Weather Channel and The New York Times Magazine.[4] In , Emezi lived in Monrovia, Liberia for ten months documenting the impact of education for girls in at-risk communities and then returned