Abstract:
Indigenous weavers have long existed in the Ewe-land of Ghana and noted for creating
cultural and aesthetically functional fabrics. Unlike Asante Kente cloth designs, there is
little documentation on the Ewe Kete cloth designs particularly that of the Klikor
people. However, this study investigates and documents indigenous Kete cloth designs
of the Ewe land and its spot in contemporary Ghanaian fashion. The study is a
Qualitative research which used ethnographic case study design to obtain data through
observations and interviews from a purposeful sample of sixteen (16) respondents
(weavers, elders, dressmakers) from the Klikor-Agbozume community. With a thematic
analysis, findings reached that the indigenous Klikor Kete cloths possess some adorable
characteristics which can easily be blended into contemporary cloth designs to meet the
demands and taste of modern fashion lovers. A detailed documentation such as this
study will educate the current and future generation of weavers, fashion designers and
dressmakers to appreciate indigenous Klikor Kete designs thereby adopting it for
contemporary fashion culture. I recommended to Ghanaian fashion experts to put on
top priority, documenting frequently Klikor Kete to promote its symbolic and figurative
designs to help promote the Ewe couture and fashion as well as improve tourism in the
Klikor-Agbozume community.
Description:
A dissertation project in the Department of Music
Education, School of Creative Arts, submitted to
the School of Graduate Studies in partial fulfilment
of the Requirements for the Award of a Degree of
Master of Philosophy (Arts and Culture)
In the University of Education, Winneba
JULY, 2019