Motherland

Culture. Identity. Access.

We Gathered. We’re Still Here.

18th -20th December

Motherland brought the global African community home last December.
Now the work continues all year.

No long trips. No endless waiting.

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2025 Festival Highlights

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Why Motherland?

Motherland exists to reconnect Africans globally to culture, identity, and home.

We tell African stories year-round, gather the diaspora physically through festivals, and build
real-world access to identity and opportunity for Africans living abroad.

From culture and creativity to passport access and diaspora services, Motherland is where
memory meets movement.

We are not just celebrating Africa.
We are building pathways back to it.

Community & Diaspora

Build lasting connections across the global African diaspora through gatherings, programs, and
shared experiences that reconnect us to home.

Diaspora Identity & Access

From passport renewal to identity services, Motherland delivers structured diaspora programs
that bring essential access closer to Africans abroad.

Culture & Homecoming

Experience Africa through music, food, stories, language, and place. Not as a visitor, but as family.
Artistes Who Headlined Last Year Artists Who Headlined Last Year

A snapshot of the sounds that graced Motherland Festival 2025

Omah Lay

Odumodu Blvck

The Cavemen

Fola

Qing MAdi

Shoday

Mavo

seyi vibez

Trusted by Communities and Institutions

Motherland works with cultural organizations, diaspora communities, financialinstitutions, and public-sector partners to deliver programs at scale.

Motherland in the News

Motherland Festival 2025, Nigeria to Host

The Motherland Festival, part of the Motherland 2025 initiative, is a groundbreaking cultural and tourism event designed to position Nigeria as a top global tourist destination. The Federal Government launched it…
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