African Wedding Décor With Cultural Depth & Luxury Design
Columbus, Ohio has a remarkable and growing African community — Somali families in the North Side and Hilltop, Nigerian and Ghanaian families throughout the metro area, Ethiopian and Eritrean communities, Congolese and West African families who have made Ohio home. These are communities that celebrate with intention, with color, with joy, and with pride. Events By Maryam has been honored to be part of these celebrations for years.
African weddings are not one-size-fits-all — and neither is our approach. A Nigerian Igbo traditional wedding has completely different visual requirements than a Yoruba wedding, which differs from a Ghanaian outdooring ceremony. A Somali Aroos has its own distinct aesthetic, its own stage design traditions, its own color world. An Ethiopian or Eritrean wedding carries its own cultural visual language. We study, we learn, we consult — and then we design something that feels like it could only have been made for you.
What unites African wedding celebrations is the scale of joy — large guest counts, vibrant colors, rich fabrics, and an atmosphere that makes everyone feel the celebration. We love this energy and we know how to design for it. From the traditional ceremony to the reception, from the pre-wedding celebrations to the after-party, we bring expertise, cultural sensitivity, and luxury design to every African wedding we touch.
With a 4.9★ rating and 55+ reviews across multiple cultural communities in Columbus, we've earned the trust of Ohio's diverse families. African brides and families who work with us consistently tell us the same thing: we understood them, we listened, and we delivered beyond what they imagined.
