Njideka Akunyili Crosby: art from somewhere between Nigeria and America

Take a look at this beautiful work by Njideka Akunyili Crosby, a fast selling Nigerian artist who left Lagos for the US at 16. Having intended to become a doctor, she decided instead to pursue a career as an artist as a better way to tell Nigeria’s story: ‘problems of misrepresentation happen when people tell your story for you.’ Crosby draws on Nigerian popular culture and family photographs to create