Remi Ajibola

Remi Ajibola moved to MK with her mother and sisters as a child in 2008, to join her father who worked there. All her schooling was in MK, but the family have lived in several MK areas in council housing, now in Fullers Slade. Remi remembers that in MK she always felt a great sense of community, which gave her a real sense of ‘being home’.  A sporty teenager at MK Academy, she was always willing to join a team. She remembers going to MK Pride for the first time: ‘super fun’. She was very aware of the history of MK as a new city and involved in an MK anniversary project, making music with objects that were not instruments. She believes that telling the stories of MK residents in is a very important part of the Museum’s offering about MK’s history The green spaces are a huge part of what she loves in MK..

Remi is a Cultural Learning and Participation Officer working with the Creative Learning Team at MK Theatre: they work with the local community and with young people… ‘creating opportunities for creative spaces’. She believes that there is a lack of spaces for youngsters of, say, eleven to sixteen, which needs to be addressed. In her opinion, MK has a really good cultural offering. ‘The community is amazing’ she says. However: ‘I wish we had a better way to communicate what was happening. …Wonderful events are put on and no one knows about them!’. Remi hopes that MK, in the future, will not lose the wonderful sense of community that she experienced. Her favourite memories involve events where she was surrounded by her Nigerian culture, like the African Diaspora Festival and local parties where there is such a spirit of joy. And finally she mentions that she writes poetry and wants to explore creating more spaces in MK for poetry events.