MODIFICATION OF FULANI HAND WOVEN DRESS TO CONTEMPORARY DESIGN AND ITS ACCEPTABILITY AMONG FEMALE STUDENTS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN KANO STATE, NIGERIA
MODIFICATION OF FULANI HAND WOVEN DRESS TO CONTEMPORARY DESIGN AND ITS ACCEPTABILITY AMONG FEMALE STUDENTS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN KANO STATE, NIGERIA
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2016-01
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ABDULLAHI, Halima
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The study was conducted to access the acceptability of modified Fulani hand woven fabric dress style to contemporary dress designed among female students in tertiary institution in Kano State. Three specific objectives were formulated among which was to modify the Fulani hand woven dress style to contemporary use by female students in tertiary institutions in Kano State. Three research questions and Three null hypotheses were formulated. Descriptive survey research design was used for the study. Population for the study was five thousand (5000) female students from the five tertiary institutions in Kano State. Sample size for the study comprised of five hundred (500) female students from the five tertiary institutions in Kano State selected at ten percent (10%) proportional random sampling. The instrument used for data collection were a designed structured questionnaire and a four (4) point rating score card. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and t-test were the statistical tools used to test the null hypotheses. Null hypotheses one, two and three, were rejected at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The major findings of the study revealed that, the modification made on the dress style led to the acceptability by 450 female students of 500 respondents with grand mean acceptable of 3.83 above cut-off point of 2.50 indicating highly acceptable. Also female students were of the opinion that the modified Fulani hand woven dress style affected the social life of the female students. Based on the findings it was concluded that the modification done on the dress style changed the appearance making it attractive and it was accepted. Based on the findings, it was recommended that, contemporary dress styles should be introduced into the new developed product, hence Nigerian dress makers should adopt the Fulani hand woven fabric into foreign dress styles as is done to some traditional fabric, such as Aso Oke, Ghanaian kante cloth.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POST GRADUATE STUDIES, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUEST FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER DEGREE IN HOME ECONOMICS, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
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MODIFICATION,, CONTEMPORARY DESIGN,, ACCEPTABILITY,, FEMALE STUDENTS,, TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS,, KANO STATE,, NIGERIA,