#aso oke

[fashionsfromhistory]

Yoruba Woman’s Ensemble: Buba (blouse), Iro (skirt), & Ipele (shoulder wrap)

Nigeria

Before 2018

Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove (Accession no.:R6047/1-3)

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We’re honoring Pride Month with a look at LGBTQ+ artists who use languages of craft, textile, handiwork, and assemblage to express queer themes and identities. Inspired by woven and assembled forms, this selection of artworks reminds us of how seemingly small-scale, everyday gestures can create connection, community, visibility, and change.  A Brooklyn-born, queer artist of Nigerian descent, Adejoke Tugbiyele repurposed aso oke (a traditional Yoruba fabric) to create Gele Pride Flag—a work that she has carried in demonstrations and marches in Nigera and the U.S. A transcultural symbol of pride and protest, the banner reinforces the fact that the modern-day LGBTQ+ rights movement owes to a history of revolt and uprising. In the U.S., the 1969 Stonewall Riots were ignited by Black and Latinx trans women, including Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. For Tugbiyele, revolution remains an important part of queer identity. As the artist explains, “One day I woke up and it dawned on me that simply choosing to be me WAS the protest.”

Posted by Joseph Shaikewitz Adejoke Tugbiyele (American, born 1977). Gele Pride Flag, 2014. Fabric, metallic thread, brass. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the artist in honor of the LGBTQ brothers and sisters we lost in Orlando, 2016.24. © Adejoke Tugbiyel

[mybeingthere]

Yoruba Ashoké (aso oke) Cloth from Nigeria.

[kiitansblog]

I can't believe my big sister Dolapo got traditionally married today in Nigeria she looks absolutely breathtaking 😍😍😭 😭. God bless this union ♥️🙏🏾.

[criticalmera]

"Aso oke on a Lagos market", vintage postcard, possibly Jankara Market circa 1950 to 1960

[fashionsfromhistory]

Yoruba Woman’s Ensemble: Buba (blouse), Iro (skirt), & Ipele (shoulder wrap)

Nigeria

c.1995

Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove

[monijogarnet]

Aso Oke: Heritage Woven Into Modern Luxury

Aso Oke is not just fabric—it is history, artistry, and identity woven into every thread. For centuries, this handwoven textile has been the pride of the Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria. Today, it continues to inspire global fashion while finding new expression in sustainable, handmade creations like Monijo Garnet bags. By Ayodele Adeniji – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 A Legacy of…

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Aso Oke Hand Woven Fabric from West Africa

Our new collection of hand woven Aso-Oke (pronounced ah-SHOW-kay) fabric accessories from West Africa  are available to purchase via the website monijogarnet.com and via our social media pages.  Aso Oke is a native fabric made by the Yoruba tribe in West Africa. It is woven by local artisans in long strips. The strips are then sewn together to make yards of fabric to be sewn into clothes and…