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Visual systems before colonial rule
Coastal contact and transcultural exchange, c. 1471–1874
Colonial print and institutional design, 1874–1945
Anticolonial and independence visual culture, 1945–1966
Post-independence public and popular graphics, 1966–1992
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Adinkra stamped cloth tradition
Image · UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage — Adinkra (related Akan traditions)
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Adire Selection
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Fabric Market - Adire fabric
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Adire clothes
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Chapter · 2024
adire, adj. & n.
Oxford English Dictionary
2024
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Article · 1975
Nigerian Adire Cloths
Lou Taylor
Costume
1975
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Article · 1972
Adire Cloth in Nigeria: The Preparation and Dyeing of Indigo Patterned Cloths Among the Yoruba.
Renée Boser-Sarivaxévanis, Jane Barbour
Man
1972
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Adinkra Cloth — Stamped Mourning Textile
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Adire eleko, olokun design on 100 percent cotton fabric. Using natural indigo colour from leave plant.
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Adire, Kampala
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Article · 2017
A Reading of Adire Cloth
Jacqueline Johnson
Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora
2017
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Adire by Cynthia Tule-Ojochu
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Article · 2020
Reinterpreting Adire Cloth in Northern Nigeria
Elisha P. Renne
Textile History
2020
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Stack of Adire , a local Fabric from Abeoukuta
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"Design for "adire" cloth"
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Adire designs on stand
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