Nigeria, Aug. 15 -- A new photobook, titled "On the Edges of the City: A Story in Photographs," has shed light on the lives, history, and struggles of Abuja's original indigenous people - communities that have been displaced and largely forgotten as the city transformed into Nigeria's modern capital.

The photobook was curated by Paul Nwulu, the CEO of Tricom Productions and supported by the MacArthur Foundation.

Mr Nwulu, a professor and senior director of Storytelling at the National Geographic Society in the United States, said the idea for the project emerged during MacArthur Foundation's 35th anniversary.

The Foundation sought a unique storytelling initiative, and we came up with a visual chronicle of the Abuja indigenous people, h...