Indigo & Adire Traditions: 10 Skills in 90 Seconds
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The Role of Adire Women: Craft Economy and Knowledge Transmission
How was adire knowledge typically passed from one generation to the next?
Through oral instruction, close observation, and hands-on repetition within dyeing compounds — informal guild workshops where senior women trained daughters and apprentices. Very few written technical records were kept.
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