![[Illustrations by Jawahir Al-Naimi; Digitised by Riccardo Raffa/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/c89e13270dd6473cac2c270b7d513a5e_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Memories of food, faith, family and fashion.
My Nigeria
About the show
For every stereotype of corruption, scamming and extremism, there are many millions of Nigerians just making their country tick. Home to around one-fifth of Africa’s people, Nigeria is packed with talent, creativity, initiative and enterprise at all levels of society. So what does Nigeria mean to these people? Six films. Six people. Six personal insights into Africa’s number one economic powerhouse – Nigeria.
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Nigerian novelist Chika Unigwe explores what Nigeria means to her in this short story about home and identity.
![Golda Nse Ekanem is the owner of Appetite Delight, a popular restaurant in the lush Nigerian seaport city of Calabar [Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/46bc6745f6dc4e5ea5c27593be7b1d88_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
A day in the life of a Nigerian ‘Calabar Kitchen’ owner.
![Prefabricated in Britain, the Old Residency building was shipped to Calabar in 1884 [Femke van Zeijl/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/0d30d629ccd441a291691ae8e98edfda_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
How Calabar’s Old Residency building offers a glimpse into Nigeria’s history.
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As she cleans the dust and grime off the city’s roads, 40-year-old Kafayat Badru dreams of a brighter future.
![Everywhere she looks in Nigeria, Opeke notices missed opportunities. But the founder and CEO of Main One Cable Company also sees ways to address them [Femke van Zeijl/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/b0f0821fd52743519a970ef2221b12c2_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
How one woman set about connecting her country.
![At 16, Bakare entered the University of Lagos to study chemical engineering [Femke van Zeijl/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/08bd52e723d643e0a81801ce52e2cbdb_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
How a banker-turned-publisher is celebrating African literature.
![John Gbara looks out towards the water where he once made a living. Six years on, there is still a vague smell of tar [Femke van Zeijl/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/aef086577a004c5dad2f35e2b1d76987_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
A Nigerian fisherman remembers the day an oil spill destroyed his livelihood, and the day he was compensated for it.
![Boko Haram has killed at least 15,000 people and displaced 1.5 million since 2009 [Riccardo Raffa/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/8a8c48d44d5146f6aaa65a4e7a28588d_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
A former captain in the Nigerian army remembers the day he faced Boko Haram – and found that his weapons were defective.
Nigeria’s first female mechanic views her country through the prism of opportunity and enterprise for women.
The football coach uses his passion for the beautiful game to give young Nigerians a sense of purpose.
An iron will and a good eye have helped designer Deola Sagoe lead the Nigerian fashion industry on to the global stage.
![After 15 years in prison Effiong and two other men were finally acquitted of the murder of politician Alfred Rewane [Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/5103100e738548c7b212b19a48226c9d_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
When a Nigerian politician was murdered in his neighbourhood, Effiong Elemi-Edu’s life changed forever.
![Titi has been working since she was eight years old. She now works for a Nigerian family, cleaning and performing general household chores [Riccardo Raffa]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/bf6bd898655f4a6fb2f1cb6c8ec61e33_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Twelve-year-old worker Titi has not heard from her mother and has no way of knowing if her salary reaches home.