I had a strong feeling to be creative today - to 'let my art out' as my brother says, so I dusted off my sewing machine (gosh! its only a couple of weeks old!) and made this bag.The beautiful yellow and black fabric is called Aso Oke, native to the Yoruba people of West Africa - used for important ceremonies.
The cloth has been mine since 1990 and it featured as my costume when I played the role of Madam Ajanaku (in Ola Rotimi's Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again) when I was with the African Playhouse at Reading University (1991 - 1994)
I have made the bag out of the scarf piece - and given it a new purpose in life :)
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