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 ...

From the Regberegbe age grades to the Balogun horsemen, Ojude Oba 2025 promises a colourful celebration of Yoruba culture, Ijebu-Ode fashion, and ancestral legacy.

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). Usually donned by the elite, chiefs and on special ...

"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 ...

Some brides opt to send their raw fabrics to trusted tailors in Nigeria, where the craft work ... in making what the Yoruba people call their aso oke or top clothes, made of a matching buba ...

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.

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).