People arrange finished aso-oke, a handwoven fabric indigenous to the Yoruba ethnic group, in a store 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)

Lukman Oladejo tries to fold a finished 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 general view of finished aso-oke, a handwoven fabric indigenous to the Yoruba ethnic group, starked in a store 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 general view of 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)

Waliu Fransisco tries to roll threads into tight bundle to weave aso-oke, a handwoven fabric indigenous to the Yoruba ethnic group, at Oke Oja 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)

A man loops bundle of 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)

Kafat Abdulhakem loops a bundle of thread used in making aso-oke, a handwoven fabric indigenous to the Yoruba ethnic group, in her home 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)