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How Nigeria’s aso-oke artisans keep handwoven tradition alive

Threads run across the Ajumose weaving workshop in Oke Oja, Iseyin, Nigeria on March 17, 2026. (AFP)

Kareem Adeola weaves aso-oke, a handwoven fabric indigenous to the Yoruba ethnic group, at the Ajumose weaving workshop in Oke Oja, Iseyin, Nigeria on March 17, 2026. (AFP)

Shelves of finished aso-oke fill a store in Iseyin, Nigeria on March 17, 2026. (AFP)

A man sun-dries thread during the aso-oke weaving process in Iseyin, Nigeria on March 17, 2026. (AFP)

Abdulwasihi Aderemi displays finished aso-oke in his store in Iseyin, Nigeria on March 17, 2026. (AFP)

A man separates tangled thread used for aso-oke, a handwoven fabric indigenous to the Yoruba ethnic group, at the Oke Ola workshop in Iseyin, Nigeria on March 17, 2026. (AFP)

A man threads blue strands through a loom as he weaves aso-oke at the Ajumose weaving workshop in Oke Oja, Iseyin, Nigeria on March 17, 2026. (AFP)

Waliu Fransisco separates tangled thread used for aso-oke at the Oke Oja workshop in Iseyin, Nigeria on March 17, 2026. (AFP)

A man separates tangled thread while weaving aso-oke at the Ajumose workshop in Oke Oja, Iseyin, Nigeria on March 17, 2026. (AFP)

Lengths of thread stretch through a home workshop as a man weaves aso-oke in Iseyin, Nigeria on March 17, 2026. (AFP)

Source: AFP

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