Halima Bello Abubakar

Photographer
Kwalliya Exhibition 2024
Public Project
Kwalliya Exhibition 2024
Copyright Halima Bello Abubakar 2025
Updated Oct 2025
Summary
Kwalliya is a project that strives to document and preserve the history of facial and body markings.

In 2023, I received a grant from the National Geographic Society to fund the chapter of my project, Kwalliya. After months of working on the project, I put together an immersive art exhibition at the Department of Fine Arts at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna state.

The one-week exhibition gave people the opportunity to experience Kwalliya.  
Kwalliya is a project that strives to document and preserve the history of facial and body markings.

In 2023, I received a grant from the National Geographic Society to fund the chapter of my project, Kwalliya. After months of working on the project, I put together an immersive art exhibition at the Department of Fine Arts at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna state.

The one-week exhibition gave people the opportunity to experience Kwalliya.  
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