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Samuel Fosso Quotes

born 1962 Cameroon

Samuel Fosso (born 17 July 1962) is a Cameroonian-born Nigerian photographer. Born in Kumba, Cameroon, to Nigerian parents, he spent part of his childhood in Nigeria before moving to Bangui, Central African Republic, during the Nigerian Civil War.

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Random Samuel Fosso quote

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I am all the African chiefs who have sold their continent to the white men.

It’s about the history of the white man and the black man in Africa.

My choice to become a photographer has been a positive contribution.

I put on his clothes, and I enter his soul.

You must be patient, very patient. Create for yourself, and pay no attention to what other people are doing.

It began as a way of seeing myself grow up, and slowly it became a personal history – as well as art, I suppose.

My dream is to bring my work and archive back to Nigeria and give it to a museum in Ebonyi State, where my family comes from.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Samuel Fosso (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.