Talk:Jioji cloth
Add topicLatest comment: 3 hours ago by Dreune in topic Requested move 13 August 2026
Requested move 13 August 2026
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Jioji cloth → George (fabric) – Per WP:COMMONNAME, "George" is the commonly used name for this fabric in reliable sources, while "Jioji" appears to be a fringe term with little support in reliable sources and none for it as the main title. The article should therefore use the common name. Dolpina (talk) 14:19, 13 August 2026 (UTC)
- Let me add, I didn't even find any sources for "jioji", that's aside the fact that George fabric is the actual common and relevant name here anyway. Dolpina (talk) 17:03, 13 August 2026 (UTC)
- I oppose the move. When I created the article, I initially used “Jioji (George) cloth.” It subsequently went through new page review, after which the title was shortened to “Jioji cloth.” I have retained Jioji because the sources I found specifically use it for this Igbo/Akwete textile.
Dolpina's claim that it is a fringe term with little support is not borne out by the literature.
- Chuku explicitly discusses the “Jioji (George) cloth” in Igbo Women and Economic Transformation in Southeastern Nigeria, 1900- 1960 (p. 72), identifying it as a design of Akwete patterned after Indian Madras. Chuku - Google Books: https://books.google.es/books?id=Z3jouPZxPC4C&pg=PA72&dq=jioji+cloth&hl=en
- Entrepreneurship in Africa: A Historical Approach (2018) independently lists “Jioji (George)” as a type of cloth. Entrepreneurship in Africa - Google Books: https://books.google.es/books?id=Es1PDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT156&dq=jioji+cloth&hl=en
- Ekejiuba’s Money Matters (1995) also discusses jioji cloth in two pages in the context of Igbo social and marriage payments.
- Igwe and Green’s Igbo Language Course (Oxford University Press, 1967, p. 57) independently defines jioji as a “specially fine kind of cloth.” Igbo Language Course - Google Books: https://books.google.es/books?id=vo0OAAAAYAAJ&q=jioji+cloth&dq=jioji+cloth&hl=en
- These sources establish Jioji as a recognized cloth category within the Igbo/Akwete weaving tradition, not a fringe term. Lamb and Holmes’ Nigerian Weaving also provide historical context, explaining that Madam Jorji Nmereji Nbokwo’s family changed her name from Jorji to George, stating that the Akwete cloth called George was named after her. Nigerian Weaving - Internet Archive, p. 238: https://archive.org/details/nigerian-weaving-venice-lamb-judy-holme/page/238/mode/1up?q=george
- Given that the subject is specifically a cloth category within an Igbo weaving tradition, I think the established traditional name Jioji cloth should be retained just like other traditional textiles like Akwete cloth , Akwa ocha -(a specific type of Igbo hand-spun cloth).
- More importantly, no source has been provided in this discussion demonstrating that George is the common name for this specific textile that has so far only been asserted. The published sources explicitly use “Jioji (George)” for the subject, so the evidence does not supports moving the article away from Jioji cloth. Dreune (talk) 18:04, 13 August 2026 (UTC)
- Did you even check the links you are posting? Dolpina (talk) 19:59, 13 August 2026 (UTC)
- The links to the sources are working from my end. Manually verify the sources with the given details if you can't access them, most of them are in the article reference list already. Dreune (talk) 22:19, 13 August 2026 (UTC)
- Did you even check the links you are posting? Dolpina (talk) 19:59, 13 August 2026 (UTC)