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          Njideka Akunyili Crosby was born in Nigeria and now lives in the US, having moved when she was sixteen years old.

        1. Njideka Akunyili Crosby was born in Enugu, Nigeria, and is based in Los Angeles, USA. Her work has been exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New.
        2. Njideka Akunyili Crosby, born in , is a Nigerian-American mixed-media artist who combines drawing, painting, and collage on paper in her work.
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          5. Njideka Akunyili Crosby, born in , is a Nigerian-American mixed-media artist who combines drawing, painting, and collage on paper in her work..

          Njideka Akunyili Crosby

          Nigerian-born American visual artist

          Njideka Akunyili Crosby (born 1983) is a Nigerian-born visual artist working in Los Angeles, California.[1] Through her art, Akunyili Crosby "negotiates the cultural terrain between her adopted home in America and her native Nigeria, creating collage and photo transfer-based paintings that expose the challenges of occupying these two worlds".[2] In 2017, Akunyili Crosby was awarded the prestigious Genius Grant from the John D.

          and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.[3]

          Early life and education

          Njideka Akunyili was born in 1983 and raised in Enugu, Nigeria.[4][5] She is of Igbo descent and grew up bilingual in Igbo and English.[6] One of six siblings, Akunyili Crosby's father, Chike Akunyili, was a surgeon and her mother, Dora Akunyili, was a professor of pharmacology at the University of Nigeria,[7] and the former director of the National Agency