TY - JOUR AU - Boussari, Jocelyne AU - Guiba-Guibal, Annick AU - Kamara, Yarri B. PY - 2022/02/25 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - 5 - Les facteurs historiques de la demande en tissus identitaires au Nigeria et en Inde, JF - Africa Development JA - AD VL - 47 IS - 4 SE - Articles DO - 10.57054/ad.v47i4.2979 UR - https://journals.codesria.org/index.php/ad/article/view/2979 SP - 107 - 129 AB - <p>This article shows how despite a common anthropological feature – an attachment to non-Western modes of dress – India and Nigeria have evolved on divergent historical trajectories for their demand of identity fabrics. In India demand for identity fabrics is predominantly focused on fabrics produced in India, while in Nigeria this demand favours fabrics of foreign origin – wax prints, guinea brocade, and lace. Using a conceptual theoretical framework of the possible outcomes of a contact between peoples, this paper analyses the factors that determined fabric demand trajectories in the two countries. Fabrics imported during the transatlantic slave trade into Nigeria exerted strong fascination on Nigerian consumers. Initially reserved mainly for local kings and chiefs, these fabrics historically took on great prestige that lasted over time. In India, textile production was already well established, and it was Indian fabrics that fascinated European and African consumers. Furthermore, in its march to independence, India positioned textiles as a key issue with a nationalist discourse that had manifestations in dress and was linked to craft textile production.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> ER -