| Description | Staffordshire St presents Faith, Place and Migration,
curated by Shahed Saleem and Julie Marsh in
collaboration with the Old Kent Road Mosque
community. The exhibition will represent the
tangible and intangible cultural heritage of
London’s oldest Nigerian community, the Muslim
Association of Nigeria (MAN UK). Originating in
the 1960s as a transient group, it wasn’t until the
1980s that a more permanent community began
to form which led to their first place of worship -
the Old Kent Road Mosque in Southwark. In 2018,
approval was granted for a six-storey mosque to
be built on the site, as both an act of devotion
and a practical response to a growing community.
In September 2021 the original building was
demolished to make way for the new mosque. |
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