Rubee Samuel - Omo Nigeria

Twentyfour Thirtysix Books 2022

'Omo' means child in Yoruba. In 2019, photographer Rubee Samuel self-funded a trip to Lagos to teach photography at two primary schools. Omo Nigeria is her first book and shows the results of her teachings and the portrait sessions: "These are the school portraits that were never taken of me; these were the classmates that I never had." The book is split into two parts mirroring Rubee's two contrasting experiences during the creation of the project: going back to school and seeing it first through the eyes of a child and then also as an adult. The first part is introduced by writer Kelechi Okafor and the second by poet Jolade Olusanya.

104 Pages - Hardback - 256mm x 210mm

ISBN 9781915348005