The Archive: Queer Nigerians

SYNOPSIS “When will you come home?” Tim’s mother asks. Little did she know that Tim had fled Nigeria to seek asylum in the UK. They cannot return home for another 5 years. To explain the series of events that lead them here, would mean coming out to their mother as a lesbian and admitting that they left the country for fear of persecution. The Archive: Queer Nigerians is a BFI London Film Festivals award winning documentary, that follows 5 queer Nigerians living in the UK to document their lives through audio diaries. From childhood to the present, participants share stories that explore how universal ideas of family, love, and finding oneself are obfuscated within the intersection of blackness, African-ness, and queerness.