Uncles and aunties gathered at a New Year’s Eve party in London, smiling and dressed in colourful Nigerian clothing.
Party at uncle’s house
FASHIONING IDENTITIES

Rooted in family archives and community memory, this is a story of how British-Nigerians shape identity through dress.

Clothing has held culture close - carrying belonging, continuity, and the rituals that travelled with us. Honouring the ways we sustain culture as we adapt, what we wear becomes memory, meaning, and self-definition.

This is a story of how heritage is lived, worn, and passed on.

How to be Nigerian
in Multicultural Britain