At the heart of the rich culture and traditions of the Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria is a quintessential fabric – the Aso Oke – worn by men and women alike. "I inherited the job from ...

Aso-Oke is an age-old handicraft ... estimated that more than 95 per cent of Nigeria’s domestic textile market is dominated by imported fabrics and clothing materials. A report from the National ...

The Aso-oke fabric is typically a traditional wear for the Yoruba community in South-west of Nigeria (the second largest tribe in the country). Documentary on Wizkid's global success to premiere ...

Indigenous to the Yoruba nation - a people spread across southwest Nigeria, part of Republic of Benin and Togo - aso oke is a cotton-woven fabric made from native textile loom and widely worn at ...

The Asoke fabric from western Nigeria is one of those exquisite pieces that leaves one in awe. Aso Oke, meaning “top cloth” in Yoruba, is more than just fabric—it’s a fusion of culture and ...

"But when it comes to Aso-oke that I know that our ... resuscitation of comatose textile mills to boost fabric production and leverage technology to promote Nigeria's culture and tradition through ...

Nigeria was once home to Africa’s biggest ... For some, this has meant revisiting aso-oke, a cotton fabric woven on handlooms using techniques that have gone mostly unchanged since the 15th ...

From his studio in Lagos, Nigeria, Kenneth Ize works with local ... whose work with hand-woven Yoruba aso oke fabrics, patterned textiles traditionally reserved for special occasions, has won ...

However, in February of this year, I traveled to Nigeria to attend my grandmother ... aso ebi (family cloth), a lace fabric that we would then pair with aso oke (high cloth).

We are based in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Our aim is Women ... Historically, Yoruba kinsmen wore the aso ebi – usually specially chosen fabrics – during celebrations for group identification.