We archive the heartbeat of tradition.

We listen to kings. We learn from markets.

We tell the stories of a culture still breathing.

The Monarq is a cultural media collective rooted in Nigeria, telling the stories of royalty, heritage, and tradition with elegance and depth. From the palaces of Ile-Ife to the parades of Durbar, we follow the echoes of ancestral wisdom and the rhythm of modern identity. We sit with kings. We walk through villages. We film, write, and listen — documenting not just ceremonies, but the soul behind them. We ask questions. We wait for real answers. Sometimes the most powerful moments aren’t in what’s said, but in a silence, a gesture, a look passed down through generations.

Our journey has taken us to throne rooms and backyards, to festivals filled with colour, and quiet homes where stories are told in low voices. We speak with monarchs who carry centuries in their titles, and with young people trying to understand where they fit within those legacies. To us, culture isn’t static. It moves. It speaks. It’s found in chants and coronations, in rituals and reinvention. And it deserves to be remembered — clearly, truthfully, and beautifully.

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We’re not here to perform history.

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