MiddleBelt Archive
6/10 sections recovered · name · leaderboard description · match catalog cover · match catalog tags · match catalog funding · leaderboard submissions · match catalog
$1,742 displayed raised · 7 fund applications (3 curated) · 1 season · best rank #492 in Season 7
A living digital archive preserving the stories, cultures, languages, and heritage of Nig…
Cultural Heritage, Digital Preservation, Conservation, RefugeesCultural PreservationEndangered LanguagesHistoryOpen AccessStorytelling climate-ecologyculture-identityeducationfilm-storytellingafrica
Project details match catalog
About
We are building a free online archive that collects and preserves the history, cultures, languages, photographs, oral traditions, and stories of Nigeria's Middle Belt so they can be discovered, shared, and protected for future generations.
Impact
Many traditions disappear when elders pass away and records are lost. MiddleBelt Archive protects this knowledge, makes it freely accessible, strengthens cultural identity, supports education and research, useful for future generations.
Progress
We have defined the project's vision, researched the archive structure, identified collections to document, and begun designing the platform. We are building partnerships with communities and preparing the first cultural materials for publication.
Team
I'm a software developer and AI engineer from Nigeria with a passion for preserving culture through technology. My experience building digital platforms and my connection to the Middle Belt uniquely position me to create an archive that is meaningful
Funding
| Sales | Venus | S+V | Match | S+V+M | Venus extras | Prize | V2+M+P | V2/S | (V2+M)/S | (V2+M+P)/S | Raised | Available | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 7 | $20 | $10 | $30 | $90 | $120 | $0 | $57 | $157 | 0.5x | 5.0x | 7.8x | $1,742 | — |
| Total | $20 | $10 | $30 | $90 | $120 | $0 | $57 | $157 | — | — | — | $1,742 | — |
Fund applications
| Season | Fund | Status | Applied |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 7 | Africa Web3 Fund for Culture and Code | submitted | 2026-07-15 |
| Season 7 | Freedom of Art Fund | submitted | 2026-07-15 |
| Season 7 | Cultural ARchive Fund for Spatial Storytellers | curated | 2026-07-14 |
| Season 7 | Paradigm Fund for Frontier Tech | submitted | 2026-07-24 |
| Season 7 | Fund of Infinite Yes | curated | 2026-07-15 |
| Season 7 | ArtTech Fund for Civilizational Retelling | curated | 2026-07-15 |
| Season 7 | Future Aesthetics Fund for Worlds Worth Building | submitted | 2026-07-15 |
Season totals as displayed on the platform's public accounting — not a statement of amounts paid out. V2 = Venus sales + Venus extras. The original page also broke each season down by fund drive and showed an Available (unclaimed) balance; that level of detail survives only on the preserved snapshots.
Leaderboard page (offline): https://artizen.fyi/projects/middlebelt-archive
Wayback: leaderboard page ↗ · Wayback: platform page ↗
Not recovered: creator, links, drives, snapshot. Sources: "snapshot" = verbatim Internet Archive page · "platform metadata" = archived artizen.fund page metadata · "leaderboard" = the artizen.fyi public accounting tables · "match catalog" = the platform's public fund-matching catalog (captured 2026-10-15, generated 2026-09-07) · "community catalog" = a June 2026 platform scrape preserved in a community repo.
Top siblings
Projects that applied to the same funds.
| Project | Shared funds | Raised | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Element of Chawaza Artistic fusion of culture, landscape, sound and tech that evokes a profound sensory expe… | Africa Web3 Fund for Culture and Code, ArtTech Fund for Civilizational Retelling, Cultural ARchive Fund for Spatial Storytellers +4 | $1,356 |
| 2. | The International Artists Project Documentary First Documentary to Tell the Stories of Music Artists Born in Every Country on Earth | Africa Web3 Fund for Culture and Code, ArtTech Fund for Civilizational Retelling, Cultural ARchive Fund for Spatial Storytellers +4 | $563 |
| 3. | Akuya I am an upcoming artist and this is my first track of the year, i need help for the produ… | Africa Web3 Fund for Culture and Code, ArtTech Fund for Civilizational Retelling, Cultural ARchive Fund for Spatial Storytellers +4 | $234 |
| 4. | Coralverse - Reef Revival combining adventure gaming with real-world conservation | ArtTech Fund for Civilizational Retelling, Cultural ARchive Fund for Spatial Storytellers, Fund of Infinite Yes +2 | $3,709 |
| 5. | Decimate: A Virtual Landscape Immersive digital experience based on dioramas & sculptures by artist Emma Webster | ArtTech Fund for Civilizational Retelling, Cultural ARchive Fund for Spatial Storytellers, Freedom of Art Fund +2 | $0 |
| 6. | Cinemetropolis A mixed-reality world where AR expands real miniatures into one connected movie universe… | ArtTech Fund for Civilizational Retelling, Cultural ARchive Fund for Spatial Storytellers, Freedom of Art Fund +2 | $0 |
| 7. | FutureZoo What if the most powerful force in conservation isn’t protection, but connection? | Africa Web3 Fund for Culture and Code, Cultural ARchive Fund for Spatial Storytellers, Freedom of Art Fund +2 | $215,046 |
| 8. | Gypsy Blood - Movie A man with a camera journeys to Indonesia to trace the migration route where humans began… | ArtTech Fund for Civilizational Retelling, Cultural ARchive Fund for Spatial Storytellers, Freedom of Art Fund +1 | $624 |
Other funds of top siblings
MultiMax Fund for Immersive Interaction AI Filmmaking Fund for Generative Storytellers Habitat Fund for Wild Realities Pressman Film Fund for New Frontiers WildSeed Creators Fund Emergent Creativity Fund for Conscious Collaboration Bonfires Fund for Agentic Creativity Apollo Fund for the New Renaissance