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Under the Umbrella

On a very hot day, I went to the Adelabu Market in Ibadan, Nigeria, to meet Sarah. Several phone calls later, we found each other. She brought me inside a nearly abandoned plaza. “Less noisy,” she said. We climbed up to the highest floor. During the interview, she told me her livelihood as a market woman funded her children’s education. Rain or shine, she is at the market every day, under her umbrella. When we finished the interview, I looked down. What a view! As I snapped a photo, I wondered: “What are the stories of the other people under the umbrellas?”
Submission Year: 
2019-20
Photographer's affiliation: 
Faculty
Academic areas: 
Arts and Science
Art of Research categories: 
Community collaborations
Photo: 
[Aerial photograph of Adelabu Market in Ibadan, Nigeria]
Categories: 
Faculty / Researcher
Faculty of Arts and Science
Department of Gender Studies
Department of Geography and Planning
Mobilizing Creativity and Enabling Cultures
Creative Production and Expression
Society, Culture and Human Behaviour
Location of photograph: 
Ibadan, Nigeria
Prize name: 
Photographer's name: 
Grace Adeniyi-Ogunyankin
Display Photographers Affiltion + Faculty or Department: 
Faculty, Gender Studies; Geography and Planning