Oodua Hub:
the birth
The Adire Oodua Hub is a resource and educational facility dedicated to the preservation of the traditional techniques of Adire textile manufacturing. The Hub raises awareness and understanding of the sustainability of Adire production through creative educational programmes for adults and children.
Participatory learning is the foundation of the Adire teaching model. Workshops, courses, events, and special programs at the Hub allow for creative ingenuity and nurture innovation and leadership.
Through this engagement, professionals and novices create a positive societal and environmental impact.
The Adire Oodua Hub is the first phase of a wider project – the building of an Arts, Culture and Innovation Centre. This centre will unite the global creative arts community by operating as a repository for the indigenous arts and crafts found in Nigeria.
It will also serve as a design innovation centre; an ecosystem for development – teaching and learning guided by tradition and sustainability.
Upholding the Creative Textile Heritage of NigeriaAdire Hub
AFWN & AFWL BRAIN CHILD
Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II
A progressive thinker and a firm supporter of women's rights and the creative arts. The Ọọni gifted 3 hectares of prime land as the site of the new Ile Ife Adire Odua Hub & Cultural Centre.
He is currently the Chairman of the Hub and holds a high interest in the ongoing success of the Adire programme in Ife.
Queen Ronke Ademiluyi Ogunwusi
She has also been made the Cultural Ambassador of Ile-Ife and will spearhead the new Ile Ife Cultural Centre's build and wider remit of showcasing, preserving and teaching the creative arts of Africa to an international audience.
