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Who we aRE
A cultural movement built on expression, healing, and justice
Dance on the Beach (DOTB) is Africa’s leading artistic, cultural, and wellness festival that champions creativity, sustainability, and community. Since 2024, we’ve hosted immersive beachside events that fuse dance, music, fashion, storytelling, and visual art, empowering over 500 creatives and engaging 3,000+ supporters through our growing email list and social media presence.
Our Mission
To use art as a tool for healing, empowerment, and transformation. We create spaces where African and queer creatives can thrive, connect, and build sustainable futures together.
Our Vision
To grow a creative ecosystem across the continent. Our long-term vision includes initiatives like The Eden Project, a residency program that addresses housing insecurity among creatives.
What We Stand For
Our goals center artists, equity, and impact
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Host inclusive, multi-sensory festivals
We create spaces that blend dance, music, fashion, storytelling, and visual art in ways that are bold, accessible, and joyful.
2
Support African and queer creatives
Promote sustainability and community care
3
Promote sustainability and community care
We integrate wellness, climate awareness, and local partnerships into everything we do — from our fashion runways to our beach cleanups.
4
Build visibility and momentum year-round
Beyond the festival, we nurture creative ecosystems through digital content, newsletters, residencies, and artist applications.
5
Tackle urgent challenges through collective action
Through initiatives like The Eden Project, we mobilize support to address issues like housing insecurity and safety for marginalized creatives.
Our Team
Led by creatives, for creatives
DOTB is led by a team of artists, organizers, and cultural workers deeply rooted in the Nigerian creative scene. Our shared experience drives a vision that is bold, inclusive, and grounded in lived realities.
Chibuzor Adora Ahamefula Richard
Founder/Ceo 3rdyeartsArts and wellness Community, Dotb festival Curator/Lead
Plant and flower lover, multidisciplinary art therapist, family centric, art and festival curator, Communication Therapist, dance is a lifestyle painting as therapy, Beach, fashion and style is the person, I am content.
Micheal Obinna A.K.A Wolfman
Creative Director
Whether he’s on stage, behind the camera, or directing a team of artists, Wolfman’s dedication to his craft is evident in every project he undertakes. His contributions continue to inspire and influence the realms of dance, art, and cinematography.
Rebecca Obiageli-Madu A.K.A. ROM
Nigerian-born interdisciplinary artist whose work explores identity, spiritual sovereignty, and Afro-futuristic visions. Self-taught and self-led, ROM creates both digital and traditional art rooted in ritual, storytelling, and personal mythology. Her work reflects inner transformation, ancestral memory, and the sacred feminine. ROM has exhibited internationally in Berlin, Germany, Stanford University, Central London, and Lagos, Nigeria, and continues to build a globally conscious, soul-led art brand from her seaside studio.
Cynthia Nwanonyiri
Lead Writer
digital storyteller, content strategist, and creative writer with over five years of experience shaping purposeful narratives across tech, health, climate, and social impact. She specializes in SEO-driven content that’s not only searchable but real, relatable, and rooted in strategy.
Our History
From a bold idea to a growing movement
Dance on the Beach began in 2024 as a response to a gap in Nigeria’s festival landscape — most events focused on tradition or mainstream entertainment, leaving little space for queer expression, healing, or climate-conscious creativity.
Our debut edition, Creatives Homecoming, brought artists, dancers, musicians, and designers together on the beach to reconnect and celebrate their work in a safe, joyful environment. It set the tone for what DOTB would become: a space for radical inclusion, collaborative creation, and community care.
In 2025, we return with Tribal Mark — a festival that honors African heritage and uplifts queer legacies. With cultural showcases, a sustainable fashion runway, and a Tribal Drag Show in memory of icons like Fola Francis, Area Mama, and Area Scatter, we continue to grow not just in scale, but in purpose.
DOTB is still young, but it’s already home to over 500 creatives and a growing community of 3,000+ supporters who believe in the power of art to move people and change systems.