Day 1.

Monday 26 September, 2022. 2pm WAT.

Conversations

2 pm – 2.10pm

Opening Remark: Peju Layiwola, Convener, Telling Textile Tales Conference

2.10- 2.15pm:  Brief Remark by British Council Representative,

                           Mr Ndubuisi Kanu, Associate Consultant, Arts and Creative Economy, British

                           Council, Lagos

2.25 – 3.20 pm

Conversation: Ade Bakare with Jean Borgatti

3.25 pm- 4.10 pm

Conversation: Deola Sagoe with Peju Layiwola

4.20- 5.10pm

Conversation: Deola Kamson (Delabique) with Evelyn Osagie

5.30 pm- 7.00pm

Panel One: Historical Dimensions of Textiles

Session Chair: Tayo Aje

Speakers:

1. Margaret Areo: Appraisal of the Dynamics of Yoruba Aso -Ofi

• Otonye Ayodele: Gendered Practice in Cloth Weaving: Six Contemporary Women Weavers in the Sustainability of Aso-Oke in Oke-Ogun

• David Makinde: Indigenous Patterned Dyed Fabrics as Documentation amongst the  Yoruba of South-West Nigeria

• Dandara Maia: A Decolonial Approach to African Textiles in Curatorial and Collecting Practices
• Angela Osuporu: Print Fabric Designs and Production History in Nigeria Textile Industry

7.00 – 8.30 pm

Panel Two:  Textile and Community Engagement

Session Chair: Azeezat Sofunde

Speakers:

1. Oluwaseyi Awoyomi: Oko Baba Mi: An Adire Tale
2. Abolore Sobayo : Exploring Innovations in the Designs of Adire Textiles

• Umana Nnochiri: Creative Synthesis and Re-Creating the New from the Old

• Egbele Ben Johnson:  Traditional Symbols of Adire

Day 2.

Tuesday 27 September, 2022. 2pm WAT

2.00 pm -3.00pm

Conversation: Peju Layiwola with Azeezat Sofunde

3.10 – 4.20pm

Panel Three: Textile Art Within the Diaspora

Session Chair : Peju Layiwola

Speakers:

1. Laura Jones: Design Pioneers II: Ireko”Baba” Baker

• Alao Luqman: Developing a Cottage Adire Industry in Jamaica through Nigeria’s Intervention

4.30 pm  – 6.00 pm

Panel Four: Small- and Large-Scale Production of Adire

Session Chair: Imal Silva

Speakers:

1. Janet Oge: My Journey into Adire Production

• Olatubosun Oluwaseun: The Sustainability of Àdire in Abeokuta

• Omolara Ojowa: A Modern Take on Traditional Adire

• Zainab Bello: Adire as Entrepreneurship among the Yoruba People of South-West Nigeria

6.10- 8.30 pm

Panel Five: Textile Art, Pedagogy and Entrepreneurship I

Session Chair: Otonye Ayodele

Speakers:

1. Chiaka Nnodi: Entrenching Akwete Weaving Tradition within the University: AE-FUNAI as Case Study

• Deborah Jonathan: Tie and Dye as a Factor of Cultural Identification- A Case Study of the Kanuri Cultural Attire from Borno State

• Emidun Olugbenga: Cottage Dyeing Industries among Women in South Western Nigeria

• Abi Eso-Adeleke: Empowering Women Through African Fashion Accessories 

Day 3.

Wednesday 28 September, 2022. 2pm WAT

2.00 – 3.20 pm

Panel Six:  Textile as the Artist’s Palette

Session Chair: Stella Awoh Mofunanya

Speakers:

1. Udenta Omoligho: The African Fabric as a means of Communication

• Uzomma Samuel: Fabrics: Beyond Covering the Body

• Anjolaouwa Fatunmbi: Using Textile for Mixed Media Painting

3.30 – 5.10 pm

Panel Seven: Textile Art, Pedagogy and Entrepreneurship II

Session Chair: Hope Orivri

Speakers:

1. Lilien Ezeugwu: Potato Potahto: Connecting the Dots between Yoruba and Igbo Traditional Motifs

• Pamela Cyril-Egware: Amakiri Ikara (Excavated Periwinkle) on Cloth as Documentation of the Cultural Heritage of the Nembe People of Niger Delta in Nigeria

• Oyenike Ezeagwu: Sustainability and Creative Textile Product Development in Nigeria

• Olajumoke Kukoyi: Exploring Advanced Textile Methods for Making Mixed Media

5.20 – 6.30 pm

Panel Eight:  Textile Art in the Creative World of Gen Y and Gen Z

Session Chair: Imal Silva

Speakers :

1. Obatola Layiwola: Video as a Medium for Brand Storytelling

• Benjamin Itimi: Growing a Fashion Business into International Marketing  Platforms
• Joe Ren: Visual Language- The Inspiration by Oracle Bone Script
• Christina Akere: Teaching Children the Design Process
• Samuel Asaju: Embedding African Heritage in Fashion and Textile

6.40 – 8.00pm

Panel Nine: Fashion and Textile Art Heritage

Session Chair: Margaret Areo

Speakers:

1. Sade Thompson: Trends in Indigenous Nigerian Women’s Wears

• Ibrahim Adebayo Lawal: Textile Art as Storytelling: Perspectives on Aguda/Itire-Ikate Textile Designers

• Sophia Jovita Ejameh: Exploring and Imparting Skills in Crochèt, Machine Knitting, Beading and Leather Works

8.10pm – 8.30 pm

General remarks from participants/ Closing of Conference