Structuring Nigeria’s Artisanal Textile Production

For our first episode of Fashion Offscript, we’re in conversation with textile designer Khadija Dikko. Together, we discuss her experience working in Nigeria's fashion industry, building structures that facilitate knowledge exchange and support, and respecting the role of artisans as an in-house textile designer, and how Nigeria can learn from India to structure our largely artisanal textile industry. Finally, she shared how knowledge exchange works between artisans in Northern Nigeria and Lagos fashion house — THIS IS US NG, and some ideas on how we should be thinking of textile innovation in Nigeria. To keep up with her work, you can find her on Instagram: @wovenbykhadija. This conversation was recorded on December 13, 2025.