He lived in Nigeria from 1965 to 1972.
Moved to Bangui, where he opens his first photography studio in 1975.
« Thanks to Bernard Descamps » research, Samuel Fosso’s self-portraits are shown for the first time in 1994 at  the 1st Bamako « Rencontres Africaines de la Photographie launched by Françoise Huguier, who discovered both Malick Sidibé and Seydou Keita.