Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Is agbada now the equivalent of a suit?

Prof Falola please permit the typos. i have poor eye sight

I recall that major  General Sam Momah in his book on global disorders and a new world order  opined that African attires are more suited to going to sleep than goingt to work. i also want to quote mary quant fashion designer that a peoples thinking is first reflected in what they wear before their furniture or architecture.

i had a suit made by a tailor to three vice  chancellors, aboyade, osuntogu and olayide.he  was london trained based in felele area of ibadan but i have wondered why we never had a full blown programme on fashion in our  tertiary institutins.so we can interrogate fashion as you are out to do,

On Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 8:24 AM Toyin Falola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu> wrote:

Addicted to watching events in Nigeria, I am fascinated and impressed by the attire. Sometimes I wonder how big the wardrobe is. One question that keeps bothering me: are they now wearing agbada as white people where suits to offices? If so, what, then, is the social function dress code?

I now see people wearing agbada to offices. What do they wear for Sunday services and social events?

TF

 

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