Presented By: University Library
Opening Reception: Textile Trade Ascendancies Exhibit

Join us to view and celebrate the latest exhibit on display in the Stephen S. Clark Library, Textile Trade Ascendancies.
This exhibit features cloth samples, photographs, and maps, and offers an overview of changing patterns of the textile trade in Nigeria from 16th century trading with Portugal to the present, when the Nigerian textile trade is dominated by imports from China. Curated by Elisha P. Renne, U-M professor in Anthropology and Afroamerican and African Studies.
This exhibit features cloth samples, photographs, and maps, and offers an overview of changing patterns of the textile trade in Nigeria from 16th century trading with Portugal to the present, when the Nigerian textile trade is dominated by imports from China. Curated by Elisha P. Renne, U-M professor in Anthropology and Afroamerican and African Studies.