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Creative Nigeria

Artists, makers, innovators, storytellers, and creative movements.

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Burna Boy
Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu (born 1991), known as Burna Boy, is Nigeria's most internationally successful contemporary musici?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
Event
Felabration
Felabration is an annual music festival celebrating the life, music, and legacy of Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the Afrobeat pio?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
Event
New Yam Festival (Iwa Ji / Iri Ji)
The New Yam Festival (Iwa Ji or Iri Ji) is one of the most important Igbo cultural celebrations, marking the end of the ?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
Event
Eyo Festival (Adamu Orisha Play)
The Eyo Festival, also known as Adamu Orisha Play, is Lagos Island's most spectacular cultural event. Eyo masqueraders, ?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
Place
Aso Rock
Aso Rock is a 400-meter monolithic rock formation that dominates Abuja's skyline and gives the Presidential Villa its na?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
Place Natural Wonders
Ikogosi Warm Springs
Ikogosi Warm Springs is a unique tourist attraction in Ekiti State where warm and cold water springs flow side by side b?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
Place
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
The Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove is one of Nigeria's two UNESCO World Heritage Sites, located along the Osun River in Osogbo?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
Person Business Leaders
Jim Ovia
Dr. Jim Ovia (born 1951) is the founder and chairman of Zenith Bank, one of Africa's largest financial institutions. In ?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
Person Business Leaders
Folorunsho Alakija
Folorunsho Alakija (born 1951) is a Nigerian billionaire businesswoman, one of the richest women in Africa. She began he?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
Person
Olufunmilayo Olopade
Dr. Olufunmilayo "Funmi" Olopade is a Nigerian-born oncologist and cancer researcher at the University of Chicago. Her g?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
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Genevieve Nnaji
Genevieve Nnaji (born 1979) is Nigeria's most iconic actress, producer, and director. Her Nollywood career began at age ?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
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2Baba (Tuface Idibia)
Innocent Ujah Idibia (born 1975), known as 2Baba or 2face Idibia, is one of Nigeria's most celebrated musicians. Rising ?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
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Sir Victor Uwaifo
Sir Victor Efosa Uwaifo (1941-2021) was a Nigerian musician, writer, sculptor, and musical instrument inventor. His 1969?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
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Onyeka Onwenu
Onyeka Onwenu (born 1952) is a legendary Nigerian singer, songwriter, actress, and journalist known as the "Elegant Stal?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
Person Political Leaders
Margaret Ekpo
Margaret Ekpo (1914-2006) was a trailblazing Nigerian women's rights activist and politician. Born in Creek Town, Calaba?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
Person Political Leaders
Gani Fawehinmi
Chief Abdul-Ganiyu "Gani" Oyesola Fawehinmi (1938-2009) was Nigeria's most prominent human rights lawyer and activist. A?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
Person Cultural Icons
Nneka Egbuna
Nneka Egbuna (born 1980) is a Nigerian-German singer-songwriter whose music fuses soul, hip-hop, reggae, and African rhy?
10/06/2025 View Entry →
Person Sports Heroes
Chioma Ajunwa
Chioma Ajunwa OON OLY (born 1970) made history at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics by winning Nigeria's first-ever Olympic gold?
10/06/2025 View Entry →

Celebrate Nigeria

Honour achievements. Share stories. Uplift Nigeria.

About Featured People Places Culture Face of Nigeria Tour Nigeria Museum Creative Festivals Food Memory Wall + Nominate

Creative Nigeria

Artists, makers, innovators, storytellers, and creative movements.

All Categories Business Leaders Cultural Festivals Cultural Icons Historic Sites Museum Natural Wonders Political Leaders Scientists & Innovators Sports Heroes Tourism
Person Cultural Icons
Burna Boy
Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu (born 1991), known as Burna Boy, is Nigeria's most internationally successful contemporary musici?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
Event
Felabration
Felabration is an annual music festival celebrating the life, music, and legacy of Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the Afrobeat pio?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
Event
New Yam Festival (Iwa Ji / Iri Ji)
The New Yam Festival (Iwa Ji or Iri Ji) is one of the most important Igbo cultural celebrations, marking the end of the ?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
Event
Eyo Festival (Adamu Orisha Play)
The Eyo Festival, also known as Adamu Orisha Play, is Lagos Island's most spectacular cultural event. Eyo masqueraders, ?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
Place
Aso Rock
Aso Rock is a 400-meter monolithic rock formation that dominates Abuja's skyline and gives the Presidential Villa its na?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
Place Natural Wonders
Ikogosi Warm Springs
Ikogosi Warm Springs is a unique tourist attraction in Ekiti State where warm and cold water springs flow side by side b?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
Place
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
The Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove is one of Nigeria's two UNESCO World Heritage Sites, located along the Osun River in Osogbo?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
Person Business Leaders
Jim Ovia
Dr. Jim Ovia (born 1951) is the founder and chairman of Zenith Bank, one of Africa's largest financial institutions. In ?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
Person Business Leaders
Folorunsho Alakija
Folorunsho Alakija (born 1951) is a Nigerian billionaire businesswoman, one of the richest women in Africa. She began he?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
Person
Olufunmilayo Olopade
Dr. Olufunmilayo "Funmi" Olopade is a Nigerian-born oncologist and cancer researcher at the University of Chicago. Her g?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
Person Cultural Icons
Genevieve Nnaji
Genevieve Nnaji (born 1979) is Nigeria's most iconic actress, producer, and director. Her Nollywood career began at age ?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
Person Cultural Icons
2Baba (Tuface Idibia)
Innocent Ujah Idibia (born 1975), known as 2Baba or 2face Idibia, is one of Nigeria's most celebrated musicians. Rising ?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
Person Cultural Icons
Sir Victor Uwaifo
Sir Victor Efosa Uwaifo (1941-2021) was a Nigerian musician, writer, sculptor, and musical instrument inventor. His 1969?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
Person Cultural Icons
Onyeka Onwenu
Onyeka Onwenu (born 1952) is a legendary Nigerian singer, songwriter, actress, and journalist known as the "Elegant Stal?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
Person Political Leaders
Margaret Ekpo
Margaret Ekpo (1914-2006) was a trailblazing Nigerian women's rights activist and politician. Born in Creek Town, Calaba?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
Person Political Leaders
Gani Fawehinmi
Chief Abdul-Ganiyu "Gani" Oyesola Fawehinmi (1938-2009) was Nigeria's most prominent human rights lawyer and activist. A?
10/07/2025 View Entry →
Person Cultural Icons
Nneka Egbuna
Nneka Egbuna (born 1980) is a Nigerian-German singer-songwriter whose music fuses soul, hip-hop, reggae, and African rhy?
10/06/2025 View Entry →
Person Sports Heroes
Chioma Ajunwa
Chioma Ajunwa OON OLY (born 1970) made history at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics by winning Nigeria's first-ever Olympic gold?
10/06/2025 View Entry →
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