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Guide to the seven files covering the Yoruba dress system, aṣọ òkè and adìrẹ technique in depth, the gèlè headwrap, personal beadwork, the aṣọ ẹbí group-dress economy, and contemporary fashion, with a note on what is cross-referenced rather than repeated.

How Yorùbá men's and women's garments combine into a complete ensemble, and how the resulting silhouette communicates character, status, and occasion.

A technical study of aṣọ òkè, the Yoruba narrow-strip prestige cloth, covering the ọfì loom's parts and mechanics, dye and fiber chemistry, structural weaving techniques, and the named regional centers that produce it.

A technical and social study of adìrẹ, Yoruba indigo resist-dyed cloth, covering the resist techniques and their makers, indigo chemistry, named designs, the regional schools of Abẹ́òkúta, Ìbàdàn and Òṣogbo, and the twentieth-century revival led by Nike Davies-Okundaye and the contemporary market.

The Yoruba women's headwrap, its meaning as the crown of the female ensemble, its textile choices, its named tying styles from the 1960s onward, the modern professional gele-tying trade, and its central role in the aṣọ ẹbí group-dress economy.

Aṣọ ẹbí is the Yoruba institution of buying and wearing identical cloth as a family, association, or friendship group at a celebration, and the economic and social system built around that single act of coordinated dress.

How contemporary Nigerian designers rework aṣọ òkè, adìrẹ and Ankará into global fashion, the Lagos runway infrastructure that supports them, and the authenticity debates their work sits inside.

An examination of contemporary Yoruba textile production, tracing artisanal weaving in Iseyin and Oyo, resist-dyeing in Abeokuta and Osogbo, import competition, and modern design revivals.

A comprehensive scholarly reference on adìrẹ eléko, the Yorùbá cassava-starch resist dyeing technique, covering its materials, chemistry, named master patterns, historical development, documented artists, museum collections, and archival debates.

Technical processes, material substrates, gender dynamics, and museum histories of Yoruba raffia-tied and needle-stitched indigo resist textiles.

A comprehensive scholarly analysis of Yoruba narrow-strip aṣọ òkè weaving, examining loom technology, raw materials, classic typologies, historical production centers, museum provenance, and academic debates on origin, innovation, and restitution.

The botanical, chemical, and socioeconomic structures of traditional Yoruba indigo fermentation dyeing, resist techniques, and guild organization.

Construction methods, material stratigraphy, lineage ownership, and museum provenance debates surrounding Yoruba ancestral masquerade regalia.

A comprehensive guide to the six files covering Yoruba metallurgy, glassmaking, textile technology, architecture, agriculture, and vigesimal mathematics.

An examination of Yoruba textile production, encompassing cotton fibre preparation, horizontal narrow-strip loom engineering, and the biochemistry of anaerobic indigo vat fermentation.

A guide to distinguishing four commonly conflated West African textiles by production technique, raw material, historical emergence, and social function.