#MeeToo Nigeria (2019)


Captures the heart-wrenching story of Busola Dakolo accusing Pst. Biodun Fatoyinbo of raping her while she was a teenager and how that has inspired other women who have suffered sexual violence and harassment to speak up.

Photographs by KC Nwakalor

Story by Julie Turkewitz

Location: Abuja & Lagos, Nigeria.

Client: The New York Times

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/02/world/africa/nigerian-women-me-too-sexual-abuse-harassment.html

Also published by Amnesty International

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#MeeToo Nigeria (2019)Captures the heart-wrenching story of Busola Dakolo accusing Pst. Biodun Fatoyinbo of raping her while she was a teenager and how that has inspired other women who have suffered sexual...

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Portrait of Busola Dakolo at her home in Lagos, Nigeria. 09/17/2019. KC Nwakalor for The New York Times.
Exterior shot of Common wealth of Zion Ministeries (COZA) at Abuja, Nigeria. 09/15/2019. KC Nwakalor for The New York Times.
Protesters who happens to support Pastor Biodun holds placard to show their solidarity during #ChurchToo protest that forced Pastor Biodun to exit the pulpit as the head pastor of COZA for a while following rape accusations by Busola Dakolo. These protes
Pelumi Olajengbesi (Dakolo’s lawyer) at his office in Abuja, Nigeria. 09/16/2019. KC Nwakalor for The New York Times.
Omowumi Ogunrotimi, executive director of Gender Mobile a platform that supports young girls that experienced sexual violence. 09/16/2019. KC Nwakalor for The New York Times.
Fakhrriyyah Hashim, 26, lead of Arewa (Northern Nigeria) #MeToo movement. 09/16/2019. KC Nwakalor for The New York Times.
Portrait of Busola Dakolo at her home in Lagos, Nigeria. 09/17/2019. KC Nwakalor for The New York Times.
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