Village — the ground is ready
Africa's First Carbon-Neutral Creative Hub · Plot 847, Wuye District · Abuja

Where
Africa
Creates

A 2.7-hectare carbon-neutral creative campus rising in Abuja. Theatre, film, music, culture, and ideas converging into something the continent has never had before — permanent, sovereign, built to last.

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2.7haCreative Campus
Net 0Carbon Certified
17 yrs2MG Foundation
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The Ground

The land that Village
is rising from

Village site — looking up through the canopy

"The trees are already here."

Village Land · Wuye District · Abuja

Forest canopy opening to sky on Village land

Sky through the canopy.

4,535 trees · Carbon neutral by design

Infrastructure rising on the Village site

Infrastructure rising.

Phase 1 Construction · Q4 2025

Plot 847 · Wuye District · Abuja

2.7 hectares of African
creative sovereignty

Village is not a project. It is a permanent institution. The land is owned. The trees are planted. The solar arrays are spec'd. What rises here will still be standing in 2125 — because it was built to last, not to impress a quarterly report.

Built on 17 years of practitioner-led work by 2 Masks & a Griot Theatre, Village has a foundation that no other creative hub on the continent can claim.

2.7haTotal site area
4,535Trees planted
100%Solar powered
Net 0Carbon by design
Q42025 Phase 1
17yr2MG foundation
What is Village

A commons for the African creative century

Village is not a venue for hire. It is a permanent, sovereign creative campus — carbon-neutral by design, community-governed, built for the century ahead. The foundations of 2 Masks & a Griot Theatre and Flint Productions run through every beam and every programme.

For years, 2MG Theatre made extraordinary work in borrowed spaces. In the end, that experience became the reason to build something the community would never have to borrow. Village is what happens when gratitude turns into sovereignty.

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The Theatre

450-seat main house + black box lab. West Africa's premier live stage.

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The Film & Music Village

Professional production suites, recording studios, podcast labs — all solar-powered.

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Museum of African Huts

Twelve vernacular architectural forms from across Africa, built with master craftspeople.

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Village Academy

Practitioner-led training in theatre, film, music production, and cultural leadership.

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MICE & Diplomacy

FCT's only carbon-neutral conference facility. Serving 130+ embassies and UN agencies.

2 Masks and a Griot — 17 years of practice
"When Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka told us he hoped we would have access to a great borrowed space for long, we thought: why not just create a great community-owned space for all time? That thought became Village."
17+Years
What's On · What's Coming · How to Get Involved

The Programme

Every event is open to the public. Members get priority booking. Contact us to get involved.

Theatre performance
World Premiere
6 Jun – 15 Jun 2025

Ìjìnlẹ̀ — Depths

Main Theatre · 450 seats · Yoruba / English
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2MG performance — different production
Film
19–22 Jun 2025

Pan-African Film Festival

Film Village · 4 screens
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2MG performance — different production
Live Music
28 Jun 2025

Griot Futures

Open Amphitheatre
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2MG performance — different production
Summit
14–16 Jul 2025

Africa Creative Economy Summit

Conference Centre · 500 delegates
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2MG performance — different production
Academy
Enrol by 30 Jun 2025

Film Production Certificate

Village Academy · 12 weeks
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Discover

Creative Economy & Planet

2MG performance
Creative Economy

Africa's creative economy reaches $4.2bn — and its infrastructure is finally catching up

For the first time, three major African governments have committed infrastructure capital specifically to cultural institutions. Village stands at the centre of this shift.

12 May 2025·Village EditorialRead full piece →
Sustainability

Building zero-carbon creative infrastructure: Village's approach to sustainability from the ground up

8 May 2025
UNESCO

Abuja's Creative City designation: six months on, what has changed?

2 May 2025
Film

Nollywood 3.0 — why the next generation is choosing infrastructure over Lagos

25 Apr 2025
Academy

Cohort 1 graduates: from classroom to film set in 90 days

18 Apr 2025
Climate

How Village's solar-powered campus is redefining green culture in Africa

10 Apr 2025
Village sustainability
Our Planet

Carbon-neutral is not aspirational.
It is operational.

Village was designed carbon-neutral from the ground up. Every building material, energy system, water circuit, and supply chain decision runs through one question: can we verify this? If we cannot, we do not make the claim.

Gold Standard certification is our active aim and our development pathway is being built toward it. Every infrastructure decision — from solar to water recirculation to the 4,535 trees on site — is made with that standard in view.

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Gold Standard · Active Development AimEvery design and infrastructure decision is built toward this standard
Estimated CO₂ offset this year
0
tonnes · from our energy monitoring system
100%Solar Energy
ZeroFossil Fuel On-Site
80%Water Recycled
4,535Trees Planted
Net 0Carbon by Design
SDG 13Climate Aligned
Plan Your Visit

Six disciplines, one address

Plot 847, Wuye District
Abuja, Federal Capital Territory

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The Main Theatre

450-seat professional venue with fly tower, orchestral pit, advanced lighting and sound to international touring standards.

450 seats · Flexible staging · Touring spec
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Black Box Lab

120-seat experimental theatre. Traverse, thrust, and in-the-round. Home of the resident company and emerging director programme.

120 seats · 3 configurations · Residency
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The Film Village

Three production studios, 4K screening, colour grading suite, Foley studio, and post-production facilities. Solar-powered.

3 studios · 4K screening · Solar
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Music & Podcast Village

Two acoustically engineered recording studios, vocal booths, mastering suite, two podcast production rooms.

2 studios · Mastering · Podcast labs
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Museum of African Huts

Twelve vernacular architectural forms reconstructed with master craftspeople from six countries. Guided tours three times daily.

12 structures · 6 countries · Daily tours
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Conference & MICE

FCT's only carbon-neutral conference facility. 300-delegate hall, four breakout rooms, diplomatic reception suite.

300 delegates · Diplomatic grade · Net zero

Opening Hours

Monday – Thursday10:00 – 20:00
Friday – Saturday10:00 – 22:00
Sunday12:00 – 18:00
Public Holidays12:00 – 18:00

Facilities Access

Academy ProgrammesBy Schedule
Studio Hire (Members)24 hrs
Museum Tours10:00, 14:00, 16:00
Box Office10:00 – 19:00

Contact

Box Office+234 9XX XXX XXXX
Events / MICEevents@village.ng
Academyacademy@village.ng
Presspress@village.ng
Become a Member

Join the Village

Membership is how Village sustains itself as a commons. Every member directly supports the scholarship fund, the free community programme, and sustainability operations.

Community
₦15,000
per year

For creators, students, and community members. Your membership funds one scholarship place in Village Academy.

Priority booking on all events
10% discount on all tickets
Free community programme access
Monthly Village Dispatch newsletter
Unlimited museum access
Most popular
Practitioner
₦45,000
per year

For working creative professionals. Full studio access, the practitioner network, and season tickets.

Everything in Community
4 complimentary tickets per season
Studio hire at 50% member rate
Academy masterclass access
Annual practitioners' dinner
Patron
₦200,000
per year

For individuals and institutions committed to sustaining Africa's creative infrastructure. Named in the annual Village Report.

Everything in Practitioner
10 complimentary tickets per season
Named scholarship endowment
Board briefings and impact reports
Private tours and opening previews
You Asked. We Answer.

The questions we get asked most — answered honestly

Village does not hide behind vagueness. If your question is not here, use the contact form below.

Is Village open yet?
Village is in active development at Plot 847, Wuye District, Abuja. The Mbari Plaza, Village Square, and Amphitheatre are taking shape on site. A soft launch will happen in due course — people will soon be able to come in and experience Village for the first time. The 2MG community, which has called many spaces home over 17 years, will have its permanent home here too. Watch this space.
Who is behind Village?
Village is built by three institutions with combined roots going back nearly two decades in Abuja's creative life.

Flint Productions is a 17-year multimedia company whose investment strategy has never been purely financial — it is about building and strengthening ecosystems for growth. When COVID revealed the full fragility of cultural and creative infrastructure, Flint's response was to build something more permanent than the threat. Village is that response.

2 Masks & a Griot Theatre (2MG) brings 20+ productions and a festival with a Nobel Laureate patron. It is the practitioner foundation on which Village's programming and philosophy are built.

ACOND led the process that secured Abuja's UNESCO City of Literature designation in October 2025 — Village is not adjacent to that designation. It is built by the people who led it.

Together, these three institutions are building a hub for creative enterprise and practice on and from the African continent. Village Global Holding Limited is the parent entity. Professor Wole Soyinka is Village's patron.
What partnerships does Village have?
Through ACOND, Village has relationships with UNESCO Cities of Literature including Dublin, Conakry, Edinburgh, and Heidelberg, as well as the University of Abuja, ITI Nigeria, the Association of Nigerian Authors, and the Embassy of Ireland Nigeria. Village is home to Abuja's UNESCO City of Literature designation — and to the institutions that led it.
What spaces are at Village?
The Village campus includes a professional theatre, black box laboratory space, film and music production studios, podcast facilities, the Museum of African Huts, and conference and MICE infrastructure — alongside the Mbari Plaza, Village Square, and open Amphitheatre. Spaces are coming online in phases. Use the contact form below to register your interest or begin a conversation.
Is Village really carbon-neutral?
Carbon neutrality is a founding design principle of Village — not a retrospective claim. The campus is being built to Gold Standard specifications, with solar energy, water recirculation, and 4,535 living trees and plants preserved on site. Afrocentric development is itself rooted in sustainable, carbon-eliminating and carbon-managing approaches — and these define every decision at Village. Formal Gold Standard certification is our active aim.
How can I invest in or partner with Village?
Village is actively engaging Development Finance Institutions, climate and culture funders, and strategic operating partners. We have a full investment brief available for qualified enquiries. Use the contact form below to open a conversation — select "Investment & Partnership" and tell us about your interest.
Can I book Village for an event?
Village is accepting expressions of interest for events as spaces come online. If your event aligns with Village's programming philosophy, we want to hear from you early — early conversations allow us to shape availability and secure Letters of Intent for inaugural programming. Use the contact form below and select "Event Booking".
How do I get involved as a creative practitioner or organisation?
Village is being built for creative practitioners — artists, filmmakers, musicians, writers, and cultural organisations. If you want to be part of Village from the beginning, tell us about your work and your interest. Use the contact form below and select "Creative Practice".
Village — Where Things Stand
2025
Mbari Plaza, Village Square, and Amphitheatre under active development on site at Plot 847, Wuye District, Abuja.
2025
4,535 living trees and plants confirmed on site — Kashue, Malena, Palm, Moringa, Powpow, Mango, and Banana among them.
Oct 2025
Abuja receives UNESCO City of Literature designation, led by ACOND. Village is named the city's creative infrastructure anchor.
2017
Flint Productions begins investing in cultural infrastructure. The ecosystem that becomes Village starts taking shape.
2008
2 Masks & a Griot Theatre founded by Chidi Ukwu in Abuja. The practitioner foundation of Village begins its 17-year journey.
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