HOMECOMING™ x NIKE AIR MAX TN COLLECTION

HOMECOMING™ announces its ninth annual edition, spanning music, fashion, art, film, and sport. Over the years, the platform has become a defining force in the global rise of African creativity over the past decade, while also serving as a key entry point for international culture into the continent. HOMECOMING™ has built an undisputed reputation for fostering a global community around Africa’s cultural landscape and its continued evolution. 

This year marks a landmark moment: a new collaboration with Nike, unveiling an exclusive Air Max TN co-designed by founder Grace Ladoja MBE, making her the first ever African woman in history to design a Nike shoe. The project reflects a relationship built over more than a decade. Nike was one of Ladoja’s earliest collaborators, forming part of her first professional work as a director, and has remained a consistent presence throughout her career.

"This year feels special, everything is aligned. Ownership, amplification, cultural exchange, that’s always been HOMECOMING™. The HOMECOMING Concept space in Lagos gives us a real home to build from, and the Nike collaboration takes that exchange further. I’ve worked across many of Nike’s projects, so designing my own shoe feels like a full-circle moment and reflects where I believe brands should be in design. Innovation, fun, strong references. To young creatives, keep going and trust your timing. Sometimes you’re just early.  - Grace Ladoja MBE, Founder, HOMECOMING™

The choice of the Air Max TN silhouette is rooted in personal history. For Ladoja, it represents a formative moment in youth culture, where trainers functioned as markers of identity, aspiration and status, particularly across African and diasporic communities. The collaboration also marks a major milestone, with Ladoja becoming the first Nigerian woman to design a signature Nike shoe.

The HOMECOMING™ Air Max TN will be available in two exclusive colourways: the Pan-African colourway, reflecting unity across the continent and its diaspora, and the orange African Sunrise colourway, a tribute to the Lagos sunrise, reflecting renewal and forward movement. Each pair features six detachable charms, including the Nigerian map in green and gold, a black planet, the Nigerian eagle, a gold map of Africa, the Homecoming x Nike ‘lucky coin’ and the cowrie shell, historically used across West Africa as currency and associated with value, exchange and spirituality.