A man dips thread into a starch gel to bind and streathen them during aso-oke, a handwoven fabric indigenous to the Yoruba ethnic group, weaving process in Iseyin on March 17, 2026. Demand for the aso-oke fabric has recently soared at home and abroad, boosted by Nigerians in the diaspora and the rising global popularity of the country's fashion and music culture. Yet the artisans making it are resisting mechanisation, insisting that handweaving is what makes it unique. (Photo by TOYIN ADEDOKUN / AFP via Getty Images)

Kareem Adeola weaves aso-oke, a handwoven fabric indigenous to the Yoruba ethnic group, at Ajumose weaving workshop Oke Oja in Iseyin on March 17, 2026. Demand for the aso-oke fabric has recently soared at home and abroad, boosted by Nigerians in the diaspora and the rising global popularity of the country's fashion and music culture. Yet the artisans making it are resisting mechanisation, insisting that handweaving is what makes it unique. (Photo by TOYIN ADEDOKUN / AFP via Getty Images)

A man walk past finished aso-oke, a handwoven fabric indigenous to the Yoruba ethnic group, in Oke Oja in Iseyin on March 17, 2026. Demand for the aso-oke fabric has recently soared at home and abroad, boosted by Nigerians in the diaspora and the rising global popularity of the country's fashion and music culture. Yet the artisans making it are resisting mechanisation, insisting that handweaving is what makes it unique. (Photo by TOYIN ADEDOKUN / AFP via Getty Images)

A man separates tangled thread while weaving aso-oke, a handwoven fabric indigenous to the Yoruba ethnic group, at Ajumose workshop, Oke Oja in Iseyin on March 17, 2026. Demand for the aso-oke fabric has recently soared at home and abroad, boosted by Nigerians in the diaspora and the rising global popularity of the country's fashion and music culture. Yet the artisans making it are resisting mechanisation, insisting that handweaving is what makes it unique. (Photo by TOYIN ADEDOKUN / AFP via Getty Images)

A man separates tangled thread used for aso-oke, a handwoven fabric indigenous to the Yoruba ethnic group, at Oke Ola workshop in Iseyin on March 17, 2026. Demand for the aso-oke fabric has recently soared at home and abroad, boosted by Nigerians in the diaspora and the rising global popularity of the country's fashion and music culture. Yet the artisans making it are resisting mechanisation, insisting that handweaving is what makes it unique. (Photo by TOYIN ADEDOKUN / AFP via Getty Images)

Waliu Fransisco separates tangled thread used for aso-oke, a handwoven fabric indigenous to the Yoruba ethnic group, at Ajumose weaving workshop Oke Oja in Iseyin on March 17, 2026. Demand for the aso-oke fabric has recently soared at home and abroad, boosted by Nigerians in the diaspora and the rising global popularity of the country's fashion and music culture. Yet the artisans making it are resisting mechanisation, insisting that handweaving is what makes it unique. (Photo by TOYIN ADEDOKUN / AFP via Getty Images)

A man weaves aso-oke, a handwoven fabric indigenous to the Yoruba ethnic group, at Ajumose weaving workshop Oke Oja in Iseyin on March 17, 2026. Demand for the aso-oke fabric has recently soared at home and abroad, boosted by Nigerians in the diaspora and the rising global popularity of the country's fashion and music culture. Yet the artisans making it are resisting mechanisation, insisting that handweaving is what makes it unique. (Photo by TOYIN ADEDOKUN / AFP via Getty Images)

Kareem Adeola weaves aso-oke, a handwoven fabric indigenous to the Yoruba ethnic group, at Ajumose weaving workshop Oke Oja in Iseyin on March 17, 2026. Demand for the aso-oke fabric has recently soared at home and abroad, boosted by Nigerians in the diaspora and the rising global popularity of the country's fashion and music culture. Yet the artisans making it are resisting mechanisation, insisting that handweaving is what makes it unique. (Photo by TOYIN ADEDOKUN / AFP via Getty Images)