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Aisha augie kuta photographer of the year sisterhood awards
Aisha Augie-Kuta (born 11 April 1980) is a Nigerian photographer and filmmaker based in Abuja. She is a conservative Muslim and hausa/fulani from Argungu local government in northern Nigeria. She won the award for Creative Artist of the year at the 2011 Future Awards.
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- Aisha augie kuta photographer of the year sisterhood awards
- Aisha augie kuta the business of photography in nigeria
- Biography
- Awards
- Exhibitions
- References
Aisha augie kuta the business of photography in nigeria
Biography
Born Aisha Adamu Augie in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria, Augie-Kuta is the daughter to Late Senator Adamu Baba Augie (politician/broadcaster), and Justice Amina Adamu Augie (JSC). She became interested in photography when her father gave her a camera at a young age.
Augie-Kuta studied Mass Communication at Ahmadu Bello University Zaria for her undergraduate and is studying for an MSc in Media and communication at the Pan African University, Lagos (Now Pan Atlantic University). She is married with three children.Augie-Kuta has a certificate in Digital Filmmaking from The New York Film academy and also a Certificate in curating contemporary art exhibitions from the Chelsea College of art and design, London, UK.
Augie-Kuta became an Associate for the Nigeria Leadership Initiative (NLI) in May 2011. She is also the Vice-President, Women in Film and television in Nigeria (Wiftin) the West African chapter of the US based network. She co-founded The Photowagon, a Nigerian photography collective, in 2009.
In 2010 she was included along with 50 Nigerian women in a book and exhibition for the nation’s 50 @ 50 celebrations supported by Women for Change initiative.
In 2014 she held her first solo photographic exhibition, entitled "Alternative Evil".
She has been a frequent facilitator at the annual gathering of photographers: Nigeria Photography Expo & Conference.