Under the Umbrella

kvd1 — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 17:55:43 +0000

Grace Adeniyi-Ogunyankin

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?”

Location of photograph:

Ibadan, Nigeria

Prize name:

Best Description

Submission Year:

2019-20

Interview

Under the Umbrella