Lagos, Nigeria
12 Sep – 29 Nov 2026
Curated by Tobi Adeyinka
How the dùndún, gángan and bàtá carried news, praise and genealogy long before print, told through instruments, field recordings and the drummers who keep the language alive.
Lagos, Nigeria
03 Oct 2026 – 10 Jan 2027
Photographs by Ifeoma Nwachukwu
A decade of photographs tracing the sculptures, roundabouts and public works that give Lagos its landmarks, and the everyday traffic of the city moving around them.
Abuja, Nigeria
14 Nov 2026 – 28 Feb 2027
Curated by Halima Bello-Okafor
Coordinated cloth as a language of belonging. Fabric swatches, tailors' notebooks and party photographs show how families and friends dress as one.
How Nigeria’s creative past is begin sampled, repurposed and reborn today.
The Archive is built with the people who lived it. Share the photographs, records, cloth and designs kept in your family, studio or street — selected pieces join our upcoming gallery showings.
FAMILY ALBUM, 1974
CASSETTE, LAGOS
ADIRE, HAND-DYED
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
01 PHOTOGRAPHY
Prints, negatives and slides that show how Nigerians saw themselves — at home, in the studio and on the street.
02 MUSIC
Vinyl, cassettes, concert posters, tickets and recordings, from highlife to Afrobeats.
03 FASHION
Aso-oke, adire and everyday dress, plus the tailors' sketches and patterns behind them.
04 DESIGN
Hand-painted signs, book covers, logos and process work from Nigerian designers and artists.
A monthly letter from the Archive: new showings, recent acquisitions, the stories behind the objects and first word on every open call.
ONE LETTER A MONTH // NO SPAM // UNSUBSCRIBE ANYTIME
HOW DOES A CREATIVE HISTORY THIS LOUD SO EASILY FADE INTO THE BACKGROUND?
It only fades when no one keeps the record. So we keep it, out loud and together, one photograph, record, cloth and sketch at a time.
DESIGN · MUSIC · FASHION · PHOTOGRAPHY
WITH THANKS TO THE PEOPLE WHO LENT US THEIR ARCHIVE
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