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| Iseyin - The Town Where ASO-OKE Is Made By Smart Hustlers (Video) by Kushites(op): 11:00pm On Sep 23, 2025 |
Iseyin. A small ancient town where a frustrated graduate who couldn't get an office job, decided to enter and start weaving cloth for ASO-OKE, using our ancient weaving technology, and is now earning millions.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZc5OFEKark 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Iseyin - The Town Where ASO-OKE Is Made By Smart Hustlers (Video) by budaatum: 11:22pm On Sep 23, 2025 |
Iseyin is in Ibadan, Oyo State, lol. On a serious note, this was huge in my hometown of Ifon Osun in the 70s, but died off in the 80s. I once went to Mapo in Ibadan and was surprised how much Made in China there was, which made me think a lack of innovation is killing us as we don't evolve what we do. |
| Re: Iseyin - The Town Where ASO-OKE Is Made By Smart Hustlers (Video) by Kushites(op): 11:28pm On Sep 23, 2025 |
budaatum:You are WRONG. Traditional weaving is Traditional weaving. Even in China there is traditional weaving that's very similar to this. We also have modern textile factories in Nigeria. The presence of traditional weaving does not signify stagnation or ''lack of innovation''. Don't come and inject your negative mind here. 1 Like |
| Re: Iseyin - The Town Where ASO-OKE Is Made By Smart Hustlers (Video) by budaatum: 11:38pm On Sep 23, 2025*. Modified: 12:14am On Sep 24, 2025 |
Kushites:I think you have issues. Aso oke weaving was huge in my family. People became doctors and professors on money their parents made from it, but now it's no more viable for us anymore, and I am glad it still thrives in Iseyin. https://realnewsmagazine.net/aso-oke-industry-is-dying/
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| Re: Iseyin - The Town Where ASO-OKE Is Made By Smart Hustlers (Video) by Kushites(op): 11:45pm On Sep 23, 2025 |
budaatum:What does THAT have to do with anything? Cheap Chinese imports have shut down businesses all over the world, including in America!! Fashion tastes have also changed like you mentioned. Is that also the fault of the weavers? Just leave them alone and stop criticising people working hard for a living and making money, ok? 1 Like |
| Re: Iseyin - The Town Where ASO-OKE Is Made By Smart Hustlers (Video) by budaatum: 11:53pm On Sep 23, 2025 |
Kushites:How powerful do you think I am that comments I make in a thread on Nairaland affects anyone's hard work or how much they make? And what makes you think you can command what anyone posts on a thread on Nairaland? 1 Like |
| Re: Iseyin - The Town Where ASO-OKE Is Made By Smart Hustlers (Video) by Exousiang01(m): 2:08am On Sep 24, 2025 |
budaatum:Look how you open your mouth waaaaah to display your ignorance. The best and most expensive Aso-Oke are traditionally. You see those rich folks at weddings that's what they were. What you just did is like mocking Rolls Royce for their cars been hand crafted. 2 Likes |
| Re: Iseyin - The Town Where ASO-OKE Is Made By Smart Hustlers (Video) by Makamatic: 6:09am On Sep 24, 2025 |
budaatum:They know you are talking the truth but they just want to shut you up ... we all know Aso Oke isn't worn anymore like the 90s and early 2000s . Lack of government support and innovation , high cost lead to almost it death ; same with adire , an adire trouser cost over 200k . Who want buy am for this nigeria ? 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Iseyin - The Town Where ASO-OKE Is Made By Smart Hustlers (Video) by budaatum: 9:14am On Sep 24, 2025 |
Makamatic:Exousiang01 claims only those who can afford Rolls Royce buy it now, when it was what everyone must have in the days. They even sent dansiki to my sister and I in London when born, and it pained me when I outgrew it and it was given away. It's death in my home town is devastating. Jobs and skills were lost, and I almost wept when I saw Made in China in Mapo. I'm currently fighting the development of land in front of my grandma's house because of my memory of the ofi made there when it was more like Datsun than Rolls Royce. But I guess some are happy that its "those rich folks at weddings" affording and wearing it now and not poor him. |
| Re: Iseyin - The Town Where ASO-OKE Is Made By Smart Hustlers (Video) by Exousiang01(m): 10:24am On Sep 24, 2025 |
budaatum:Oga try to read and understand. I he was mocking them using traditional method, and I was using Rolls Royce which is hand made as an example. Will he mock Rolls Royce for their cars been hand made instead using tech |
| Re: Iseyin - The Town Where ASO-OKE Is Made By Smart Hustlers (Video) by budaatum: 11:26am On Sep 24, 2025 |
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