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African Textile Resources Centre

African textiles introduction

1. Loom types
2. Loom types continued
3. Raw materials
4. Decorative techniques
5. History
6. Social Organisation
7. Myth and religion
8. Cloth and society
9. Cloth and fashion
Click on the pictures here to learn about different cloth types

Adinkra

Adire

Robes

Nigerian women

Asafo

Aso oke

Bogolan

Ewe

Francophone

Indigo

Kente

Kuba

 

Links

Weaving stories, textile tales:

1.  Images of Jukun and Tiv weavers, 2002 

2. "Images of African Leadership" -  a vintage postcards exhibit for Black History Month 2003.

3. An African Quilt

4. A glimpse of weaving in Burkina Faso. Some images from a recent trip. 

5. A. James: Studio Photography from Conakry

6. THE FANTI, THE COMPANIES AND THE FLAGS OF THE ASAFO by Federico Carmignani 

7. Images of Power: African Presidents on Printed fabrics

 

  

"THE CLOTH OF BONDOUKOU" by Duncan Clarke

Article by me in HALI magazine #157 Autumn 2008

documents an important and newly discovered tradition from the Ghana/Ivory Coast border. 

See our selection for sale here

magazine copies available from www.Hali.com

Use the box below to search for information in our Resources section or cloths for sale in our Gallery.

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 News:

1. Adire Gallery 

Click here to see list of recent updates. Dramatic selection of rare Bondoukou cloths here

 

2. Exhibitions
The Essential Art of African Textiles: Design without End
September 30, 2008–March 29, 2009
Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas—The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, 1st floor, Metropolitan Museum, New York

THE POETICS OF CLOTH: AFRICAN TEXTILES / RECENT ART
SEPTEMBER 16 - DECEMBER 6, 2008 at Gray Art Gallery, New York University. Details here

TxtStyles/Fashioning Identity
June 11, 2008—December 8, 2008 National Museum of African Art, Washington

Meditations on African Art: Pattern
March 12 – August 17, 2008 Baltimore Museum of Art

 

 

3. Recent Publications

Catalogues accompany the Metropolitan Museum and Grey Art gallery shows above.

"The Cloth of Bondoukou" in HALI 157 Autumn 2008 - important article by me ! Details at left...

African Costumes and Textiles: From the Berbers to the Zulus by Anne-Mari Bottiaux et al (5 Continents Press) - well illustrated volume on major private collection - mostly costume.