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Our Purpose
We invite everyone to help leave a legacy for humanity.
Join Three Missions That Will Outlive Us All
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Make the opportunity to explore space available to everyone.
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Whether you listen to a song, share a story, wear the merchandise, attend a concert, translate lyrics, recommend a country, or simply tell a friend — you become part of something designed to last for generations.
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The heartbeat of Afrobeat and Afrobeats
Nigeria is Africa's most populous country and a global music superpower — birthplace of Afrobeat under Fela Kuti and home to Afrobeats, the sound carrying Burna Boy, Wizkid, and Davido around the world. It is home to more than 250 ethnic groups, the largest being the Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo.
Help represent Nigeria →Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, home to more than 250 ethnic groups — the largest being the Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo. It gained independence from Britain in 1960.
That diversity is Nigeria's musical engine: from Yoruba talking-drum rhythms to Fela Kuti's genre-defining Afrobeat, Nigerian sound has repeatedly reshaped popular music far beyond its own borders.
Nigeria gave the world Afrobeat, the jazz-funk-highlife fusion Fela Kuti pioneered in the 1960s and 70s, blending jazz, funk, highlife, and Yoruba rhythms. Its modern pop successor, Afrobeats, has carried artists like Burna Boy, Wizkid, and Davido to global charts, alongside long-running styles like Highlife and Fuji.
Fela Kuti's jazz-funk-highlife fusion built on Yoruba rhythms.
The modern pop sound carrying Burna Boy, Wizkid, and Davido worldwide.
An older, guitar-and-horn dance style still heard across West Africa.
A percussion-driven Yoruba popular music style.
A pitch-bending hand drum central to Yoruba music.
A beaded gourd shaker used across Nigerian genres.
English is the official language. Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo are widely spoken as major languages among Nigeria's more than 250 ethnic groups.
| Phrase | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Bawo ni | Hello / how are you? (Yoruba) |
| E se | Thank you (Yoruba) |
| Sannu | Hello (Hausa) |
| Na gode | Thank you (Hausa) |
A traditional Lagos masquerade festival.
One of Africa's largest street carnivals, held every December.
Nigeria's capital city.
The largest city and Nigeria's cultural and economic hub.
Home to the annual Calabar Carnival.
No cultural hosts registered in Nigeria yet — be the first to add a restaurant, bar, hotel, or venue to the directory.
Register a business free →We don't have a song from Nigeria in the library yet — but you don't need one to introduce a friend there to Konpa. Send “Gita Blan” as a musical postcard and say why Nigeria made you think of them.
Choose a place, add a personal dedication, and send “Gita Blan” to one person who'd love it — free, always. It could be the start of a friendship.
📍 TimTim.Live hasn't played Nigeria yet — help change that
Festivals, cultural celebrations, corporate events, and universities — request a Konpa show in Nigeria and the booking team will follow up with availability.
See the full press kit & tour info →Translation changes words. Localization makes people feel that the movement understands them.
Growing — help us find Nigeria's creators.
Growing — the mission is looking for Nigeria's scientists and explorers.
Growing — share a family story from Nigeria.
Help bring Nigeria's music, cities, and stories into the World Music Library.
Become Nigeria's Founding Explorer →Growing — Nigeria's song is on its way.
Nigeria's own mission artwork is coming soon — every country gets one.
Be the first Founding Explorer from Nigeria.
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Help bring Nigeria's music, cities, and stories into the World Music Library.
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Afrobeat, pioneered by Fela Kuti in the 1960s-70s, and its modern successor Afrobeats, led by global stars like Burna Boy, Wizkid, and Davido.
English is official; Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo are the largest of Nigeria's many languages, spoken among more than 250 ethnic groups.
Abuja is the capital; Lagos is the largest city and cultural/economic hub.
Nigeria gained independence from Britain in 1960.
The gángan, a Yoruba hand drum that can bend pitch to "talk," central to Nigerian percussion traditions.