Valley of Memory Foundation
is committed to ensuring that every community has the opportunity to tell its own story across Nigeria and the Global South.
Here WE preserve cultural heritage, document suppressed histories, and advance restorative justice across Nigeria and the Global South. Discover…about the Foundation
At Valley of
Memory Foundation
we
- Document
- Research
- Preserve
- Digitize
- Advocate
- Educate
- Build Capacity
- Engage with Communities.
Your Gift Will Preserve Cultural Heritage Across the Global South
Gallery
Community Listening SessionField DocumentationResidents and researchers record oral histories together, with consent and editorial control held by the speakers.Ceremonial MaskFoundation CollectionA carved mask from the Foundation's collection, catalogued alongside the community that entrusted it to us.
Decorated Heritage VesselFoundation CollectionA painted storage vessel illustrating regional ceramic traditions, preserved with the records of who made and used it.
Join the Work
Get Involved
Preserving history is work that belongs to many hands. Choose the role that fits yours — each option opens a short form where you can tell us how you would like to contribute.
- Become a ResearcherJoin field and archival research with a team committed to community-led documentation.
- Become a Community PartnerWork alongside us on listening sessions, oral history projects, and local exhibitions.
- Sponsor a ProjectFund a documentation, digitisation, or preservation project of your choosing.
- Provide Historical MaterialsDonate or lend photographs, recordings, documents, and artefacts for safekeeping.
- Share an Oral HistoryContribute a personal or family history and help keep it available to the communities it came from.
- Become an Institutional PartnerPartner with the Foundation as a museum, university, NGO, or government body.