Preserving the
Voices of Nigeria
Our Mission
The Nigerian Stories Archive is a non-political, history-focused digital initiative managed by a small collective of Nigerian students and young professionals in the diaspora. Our core belief is that Nigeria’s true history is complex, rich, and it lives in the personal experiences of its people.
Writing Nigeria’s Stories
Authentic Narratives
Our archive provides access to raw, intimate accounts that illuminate the true impact of pivotal national moments on the lives of everyday Nigerians, ensuring the complexity of our past is preserved directly from the source.
Inclusive Representation
We prioritize stories from underrepresented communities, regions, and voices. Every contribution matters—whether from the village, city, diaspora, or frontline of change.
Cultural Accuracy
Our editorial team verifies and contextualizes every submission to maintain historical accuracy while honoring the unique perspective of each storyteller.
Historical Integrity
Stories are archived using a thematic and chronological framework to preserve the timeline of Nigeria’s rich and diverse history—ensuring scholars, educators, and youth can engage meaningfully with the past.
Preserve a Legacy
We capture and digitize the personal testimonies of Nigerians, ensuring priceless memories of pre-colonial life, independence, and pivotal crises are never lost.
Enrich Our Identity
By documenting Nigeria's diverse cultural heritage from language and tradition to art and music we offer a deeper, more personal understanding of what it means to be Nigerian.
Fuel Future Research
Our searchable, structured archive provides researchers, students, and family members with direct access to primary source materials for academic study and personal discovery.
Meet Our Team
Tunde Balogun
Project Lead
Tunde is a Master’s candidate in International History with a focus on West African decolonization. He founded the initiative after realizing how much of his own grandfather’s experience of the 1960 undocumented.
Amaka Okonjo
Project Manager
Amaka is a researcher specializing in the preservation of Igbo oral traditions and linguistics. With a background in journalism, she excels at creating a safe, comfortable space for elders to share sensitive memories.
Segun Adeyemi
Developer
A Lagos-born developer working in the German tech sector, Segun is the architect behind the archive’s digital infrastructure. He is responsible for the cloud security of the audio recordings and the implementation of the searchable transcript technology.
Your Story Matters
Help preserve Nigeria’s history through your personal experience. Your voice deserves to be heard and remembered. Have someone in mind? You can nominate them to be interviewed