1 September 2026 · 3 min read
Working out your guest list when half your family is abroad
The number you invite and the number who come are further apart than you think. How to plan for the gap without guessing.
PlanningGuestsDiaspora
Planning
Timelines, guest lists and the practical decisions, written for a wedding that crosses borders.
18 August 2026 · 3 min read
What to actually put on your wedding website
Guests come with five questions and leave once they have the answers. Here they are, in the order people ask them.
PlanningGuestsGetting started
4 August 2026 · 4 min read
A twelve-month timeline for a wedding split across two countries
Most planning timelines assume everyone lives within an hour of the venue. Here is one written for a wedding where they do not.
PlanningTimelineDiaspora
Using the site
Getting your own site built, filled in and sent, step by step.
8 September 2026 · 1 min read
How to set up cash gifts and online spraying
Let family give in naira or sterling, keep the money yours, and bring the spraying online for the relatives who couldn't travel.
How-toGiftsOwambe
23 August 2026 · 1 min read
How to plan a wedding across two countries
A traditional back home and a celebration abroad, or family flying in from everywhere. How to keep a two-country wedding from unravelling.
How-toDiasporaPlanning
10 August 2026 · 1 min read
How to collect RSVPs when your guests are all over the world
Per-event headcounts, meal choices, plus-ones and dietary needs, gathered cleanly across time zones and continents.
How-toRSVPsDiaspora
21 July 2026 · 1 min read
How to choose and share your aso-ebi
Picking the fabric, setting a price, taking orders and getting everyone measured, without living in your group chat.
How-toAso-ebiNigerian weddings
6 July 2026 · 1 min read
How to build your wedding website in an afternoon
From a blank page to a link you can send your family, step by step, without touching a line of code.
How-toGetting startedPlanning
Traditions
What actually happens at the ceremonies our families hold, and why.
18 June 2026 · 2 min read
Many days, one celebration: a guide to Indian and Pakistani weddings
Haldi, mehndi, sangeet, nikah, baraat and walima. What the many events of a South Asian wedding are, and how to keep guests from getting lost.
Indian weddingsPakistani weddingsSouth Asian
6 June 2026 · 2 min read
A Hausa-Fulani wedding, from kayan lefe to walima
The gifts, the henna night, the Fatihah and the feast. A respectful guide to the customs of a Northern Nigerian Muslim wedding.
Hausa-Fulani weddingsNorthern NigeriaTraditions
16 May 2026 · 2 min read
Igba Nkwu: inside the Igbo traditional marriage
From the knocking on the door to the moment the bride finds her groom in the crowd with a cup of palm wine. A guide to the Igbo wine-carrying ceremony.
Igbo weddingsIgba NkwuTraditions
2 May 2026 · 2 min read
The Yoruba traditional wedding, step by step
The introduction, the two alaga, the eru iyawo, the prostrating and the ring. A clear walk through the Yoruba engagement, and what each moment is for.
Yoruba weddingsTraditionsNigerian weddings
15 April 2026 · 2 min read
Booking your Nigerian wedding vendors from abroad, without the stress
Planning a Lagos or Enugu wedding from London or Houston is doable. Here's how diaspora couples find the right vendors, avoid the classic traps, and keep control from a distance.
DiasporaPlanningVendors
27 March 2026 · 2 min read
Owambe and aso-ebi: the beating heart of a Nigerian celebration
Where the word comes from, why everyone matches, and what the spraying is really about. A plain guide to the Nigerian party that took over the world.
Nigerian weddingsOwambeAso-ebi