"Bits of Borno": A Conversation with Photographer Fati Abubakar

'Photographer Fati Abubakar has embarked on a personal project to showcase her hometown in Borno State, Nigeria, in the time of Boko Haram. "Bits of Borno" on social media has gained critical acclaim and has been covered in media outlets including the New York Times, the BBC, Reuters, CNN, Voice of America, Newsweek Europe, Africa is a Country, and Nigerian newspapers such as ThisDay and The Blueprint. On October 25, 2017, Abubakar spoke with Duke Professor Samuel Fury Childs Daly at the Forum for Scholars and Publics about documenting everyday life in Borno and shared some of the photographs from this series."