Abeokuta Adire and Batik market

Abeokuta Adire and Batik market is probably the largest tie and dye market in the all of the west coast of Africa. Here, the focus mainly on the sale of adire and Kampala materials. The market attracts tens of thousands of traders and tourists alike on a daily basis. Abeokuta has remained the major producer and selling centre of Adire, but Ibadan, a larger city to the north, become a nucleus of women artists who specialized in hand-painted Adire Eleko. The wrapper design Ibadandun (“Ibadandun” meaning “the city of Ibadan is sweet”) is popular to fill this day. Fabrics also comes at very affordable prices. This market no doubts is a great destination for lovers of authentic African designs.