Trodition Culture Market

Celebrating African Culture in the Diaspora

African fabric and textiles are among the oldest surviving artistic and technological achievements in human civilisation. The patterns and colours are so vibrant and intricate, you can get lost in just looking at it, long before you put it on and wear it.

Textile making is a craft that began long before industrial weaving emerged in Europe. In African communities people had already developed sophisticated methods of spinning cotton, processing bark cloth, tanning leather, weaving raffia, producing silk, creating natural dyes, and decorating fabrics through batik, resist-dyeing, embroidery, appliqué, beadwork and symbolic pattern-making.

Unlike many textile traditions elsewhere, African cloth is rarely fabric for “just clothing” the body. It’s a statement. A ceremonial shroud. A class marker, an adornment and so much more.

African Fabric and Textiles traditionally represents identity, ancestry, spirituality, wealth, political views / authority, age, marital status, its a medium for communicating with the ancestors, like a coded language, or interpretations for proverbs or historical events, and lessons in morality told in stories handed down from elders to youths and elders and youths again and again.

Today, African fashion has become one of the world’s fastest-growing creative industries, influencing designers from London, Paris, New York and Milan while maintaining strong cultural roots.

Trodition Culture Market brings together designers and creatives of crafts, and fashion garments, jewellery, body and hair adornments, interior decor and home furnishings, as well as handmade organic pure plant based body butters, oils and alcohol free perfumes and vegan make up makers, from independent brands owned by black women and men. Most are here in the UK.

Trodition Culture Market provides a range of stalls to fit any occasion large or small events, festival or local fair.

We can set the scene inside or outside venues, and we support you to bring your vision to life with a cultural experience to enchant and uplift visitors to your event.

In addition to crafts, fashion, jewellery and bags we also have holistic wellness products, handmade from the finest, most pure ingredients, guaranteeing quality is not compromised.

Simple things are often the most effective.

Contact us: trodition@yahoo.co.uk or call: 07435 885 741