After 25 years of in-depth research, a new book on the history of Adire craft industry among the Egba (Yoruba people of Southwest), Adire Eleko Fabric Art (A Vanishing Nigerian Indigo Impression) ...

Adire is the name for the indigo blue fabric patterned with resist types of designs. There are two resist types. Those with raffia or cotton thread for resisting through typing, stitching, or a ...

Introduction - Chapter 1, Nature of pre-twentieth century Yoruba textile craft industry : an overview - Chapter 2, British colonial economy and the commencement of modern adire craft industry - ...

New designers are using traditional fabrics like adire in a modern context so here's the history behind the popular Nigerian fabric. The process of creating adire consists of a process called ...

The House of Representatives has urged the federal government to ban and criminalise the importation of Adire/Kampala and other locally produced fabric imitations into the country. The House said the ...

Civil servants in Osun State and other residents received with a mixed feeling the Adire Osun Day fixed for August 27 by the state government to promote locally made fabric. Under the initiative, the ...

"An activity pack for 7-11 year olds, based on textiles from South-West Nigeria."--Teacher's guide cover. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile ...

It was a wet Monday when our correspondent met Alhaja Sadiat Akamo seated on a lounge chair. The weather just experienced coolness after a heavy rain and the sun appeared ready to take over the day ...

Johnson Bolatito’s Adire fabrics hung across the clothesline, swaying gently in the direction of the morning wind. Moments earlier at her cottage in Itoku area of Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, she had ...