African indigo

Our Fabric is the highest quality 100% Cotton pieces sourced across West Africa. We sell a variety of fabric from intricately patterned Indigo Fabric that has been hand dyed by artisans at the ancient Kofar Mata Dye Pits to beautifully patterned "African Print" or Wax Printed Cotton made and printed in Africa.

We take a look at one of the most fascinating but unexplored cultures of indigo dyeing, the Western African dye pits of Nigeria and Burkina Faso.

Africa has a say about the indigo color trend: Learn more about the beautiful Indigo textiles from West Africa in this article on italianbark

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Blu Indigo is the color on the electromagnetic spectrum between about 420 and 450 nm in wavelength, placing it between blue and violet. Although traditionally considered one of seven divisions of the optical spectrum, modern color scientists do not usually recognize indigo as a separate division and generally classify wavelengths shorter than about 450 nm as violet.[2] Like violet, whether indigo is considered a shade of purple depends on context. Common English usage defines purple as any…

Indigo was the foundation of numerous textile traditions throughout West Africa. For centuries before the introduction of synthetic dyes the ability to transform everyday white cotton into prized deep blue cloth was a mysterious and highly valuable skill passed on by specialist dyers from generation to generation. From the Tuareg nomads of the Sahara to […]

We have blogged earlier about indigofera, the plant indigo dye is made from. But what’s the historical background of the natural indigo dye?