From the age of 11 Rotimi lived abroad, both in the USA and in Britain, but maintained close links with Nigeria and with Yoruba culture. Black Male / White Male (Gay Men’s Press, April 1988) was his first collection of work to be published in book form. It represents an exploration of some of his particular obsessions, the location of desire and of forbidden dreams within the matrix of differing cultures. His photographs express the belief that magic, masquerade and erotic delirium are essential elements in challenging the impoverishment of the soul. His work also appears in the book Rotimi Fani-Kayode & Alex Hirst (Editions Revue Noire, February 1997).