Sunday, 17 April 2011
Wearing African Textiles-part 6: an Ewe woman’s cloth
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Vintage postcard, “Fantee women”, mailed 1904. The Fante, who live along the coast of Ghana to the west of Accra, do not weave themselves,...
Wearing African Textiles–part 5: Yoruba Aso Oke
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Vintage postcard, circa 1950, authors collection. The two ladies at the centre of the photograph wear ikat patterned aso oke strip weave c...
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
CNN African Voices features Nike Davies Okundaye
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Wednesday, 30 March 2011
Edmond Fortier and textile production in West Africa, 1900-1910
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Edmond Fortier (1862-1928) was one of the most prolific photographers and postcard publishers active in West Africa in the early years of ...
Thursday, 24 March 2011
“Ibadan is sweet:” exploring a Yoruba adire eleko cloth.
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(click on the photo for a larger view. Image copyright Duncan Clarke 2011. Do not reproduce without permission.) Adire eleko is a tradit...
Friday, 25 February 2011
"Bògòlanfini, Patterns of Bamana Culture," exhibition at SUNY Cortland
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“An exhibition of the African artistic abilities that transform natural materials such as cloth and clay into spectacular artifacts will o...
Wednesday, 23 February 2011
Erykah Badu Yoruba Style
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From ARISE magazine, issue 11. Erykah Badu wears a vintage Yoruba aso olona cloth. Aso olona (“cloth with designs”) are woven on the up...
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