Rotimi Fani-Kayode

Rotimi Fani-Kayode

Country

Nigeria

Birth - Death

1955 - 1989

Occupation

Photographer

Description

Photographer in the style of Robert Mapplethorpe who documented the HIV/AIDS world of the 1980s, incorporating sexuality, racism, cultural displacement, and colonialism in his work. Died of AIDS.

See Also

• LGBTQ Photographers
• Race Activists in the LGBTQ Community

Further Reading/Research

• http://www.okayafrica.com/news/rotimi-fani-kayode-london-tiwani-contemporary/
• http://theculturetrip.com/africa/nigeria/articles/nigerian-photographer-rotimi-fani-kayode-exposing-prejudice-through-the-nude/

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