Socio-Cultural and Economic Importance of Kete Weaving in Agortime Traditional Area, Ghana
Socio-Cultural and Economic Importance of Kete Weaving in Agortime Traditional Area, Ghana
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0202
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Wemegah,Ivy-Linda
Danso, Daniel Kwabena
Adom, Dickson
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Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences
Abstract
Aims: The study investigated the socio-cultural and economic importance of Ewe Kete cloth to the
people. It aimed at finding out how the Kete weaving developed as a vocation in the Agortime
traditional area, the socio-cultural and economic significance of Kete weaving to the people and
how the Kete weaving was incorporated into the teaching and learning processes in the various
educational institutions in the Agortime traditional area.
Study Design: The study employed the quantitative approach using descriptive cross-sectional
survey design.
Place and Duration of Study: Sample: This study was conducted among the weaving
communities in the Agortime-Kpetoe traditional area from February 2019 to November 2019.
Methodology: The simple random sampling technique was used to sample the 100 male Kete
weavers. Self-designed questionnaire was used as data collection instrument. Reliability analysis
of the questionnaire showed high reliability with Cronbach’s alpha of 0.86. The quantitative data
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Wemegah, I. L., Danso, D. K., & Adom, D. (2021). Socio-Cultural and Economic Importance of Kete Weaving in Agortime Traditional Area, Ghana. Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences, 15(1), 43-53.