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Kadiatou SAKHO

Nigeria's Dyed Cloth Traders Feel Heat From China, Inflation

Adire is a popular tie-dye fabric typically used for traditional outfits worn on special occasions in Nigeria (Credit: AFP)

Despite the rain pelting Balogun market in Lagos, Ajoke takes her time choosing the tie-dye fabric known as adire that she wants to give as a gift.

The popular textile traditionally dyed with indigo is emblematic of the culture of the Yoruba people, one of Nigeria's majority ethnic groups.

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