If you’re here reading this, we would want to believe you are familiar with this textile but let’s have a little intro.Adire, is a Yoruba (a tribe in Southwestern Nigeria) word for tie and dye. It was first made by Yoruba women of old by using a variety of resist-dyeing…
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The Motifs and patterns on different fabrics tells different stories. Motifs are symbolic images or ideas that appears in a story. Adire is an ancient form of textile production made in southwestern Nigeria by Yoruba women, using a variety of resist-dyeing techniques. These Fabrics and different patterns on them tell…
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Adire Is a Yoruba word which means “tied and dyed”. Adire was first produced and worn by the Yoruba people of south western Nigeria. Adire first emerged in the city of Abeokuta, a center for cotton production, weaving, and indigo-dyeing in the nineteenth century. Adire is made by resist-dyeing which involves creating…