Yoruba Aṣọ Oke: classic & modern, for every age, in every age – Tola Adenle

Naming Ceremony, Gainesville, Florida, 1970.  Mother, this Blogger, in [sort of modern]  Alaari Aso Oke.  [Photo Credit: Depo Adenle] New parents and baby in their efficiency apartment at University Terrace Apts, Gainesville, Florida.  December 7, 1970. Baby above marks 1st birthday in aso oke Sanyan variant, Flavet Married Students Housing, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, November […]

Update: Fads, Fashions & Classics (flea markets, etcetera) – Tola Adenle

Herewith the picture I promised earlier in the week as regards the essay, http://emotanafricana.com/2011/11/23/fads-fashions-classics/ Harvest bench upholstered in a 50s-era inherited aso oke     Photo Credit:  Depo Adenle A brief note on this little wood number which I bought at one of those flea market days in the Spring of 1989 at Georgetown in […]