Colour Symbolism in Traditional Medicine and Healing Practices of the Dagomba Ethnic Group of Ghana

Bawa, Alhassan; Osei, Mavis

doi:10.26803/ijhss.14.1.2

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“…This stands to reason that people are attracted to colors they can relate to. Positive feelings are evoked towards green because it represents vegetation; and others are repelled by colors that connote negative reactions like brown which represents rotten fruits (Bawa & Osei, 2022).…”

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2024

J. Graph. Eng. Des.

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This project was implemented to help low-income and underprivileged women grow their small businesses. This project aims to identify and analyse the problems faced by underprivileged women, focusing on food packaging. The participants were from Kampung Pinggan Jaya, Kuching Sarawak in Malaysia, who run small and medium food businesses. The food categories were based on dry and frozen foods, which were mainly homemade. The participants were housewives aged between 30 and 45 years with low monthly household incomes ranging from US $45 (MYR 200) to US $168 (MYR 750). Thus, the project's main objective is to improve product packaging to establish itself in the local market. Empathy mapping was the technique of choice as it demonstrates collaborative visualisation. Consequently, an entrepreneurship workshop was organised to identify potential products and participants interested in the project. Some problems and constraints during project implementation were due to financial concerns, attitudes, and illiteracy.

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“…Most traditional healers uphold secrecy for posterity and thus find it hard to disclose or even patent the esoteric elements of TM since they directly affect their livelihoods. Disclosure of esoteric elements of TM comes with financial compensation, patenting or intellectual property rights (IPR), therefore secrecy carries out the role of patents (Kwame 2016,Masango 2020. The concept of secrecy for posterity can either be in the sharing of traditional medicine knowledge and practice characterised by scanty documentation, poor dissemination of knowledge and intentional transmission of knowledge to close relatives and dependants (Ozioma and Chinwe, 2019).…”

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Sociocultural conservation strategies of prioritized medicinal plants, their historical context and space for integration

Willy¹,

John²,

Kiemo³

2023

Afr. J. Hist. Cult.

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The conservation of medicinal plants must be an all-inclusive endeavor that factors in the contribution of all stakeholders, both formal and informal. This paper highlights the importance of sociocultural aspects in the conservation of medicinal plant sources and resources using both traditional and modern conservation strategies. Efficacious traditional conservation strategies that featured prominently in the study include cultural methods of preventing overharvesting, enforcing social and cultural taboos, totemism, rituals and norms. Modern conservation strategies are mainly in situ and ex situ refined with education and research. The paper underscores the application of both local and modern conservation approaches ensuring a multipronged measure to have a sustainable traditional medicine trade and practice alongside market expansion. There is need for a well-structured harmonization of both traditional and modern conservation strategies for a holistic conservation of medicinal plant species.

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Color preferences among selected adults in Ghana

Adjah,

Bekoe,

Decardi-Nelson

et al. 2024

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This paper presents a study on color preferences among a sample of Ghanaian adults. Two surveys were conducted, with a total of 143 participants (50 in Survey 1, and 93 in Survey 2). The participants completed both printed and digital questionnaires to gather data on their color preferences. The results showed that blue was the most preferred color by both males and females in general, but not for specific items. In survey 2, a chi-square test on categorical variables revealed a significant relationship between gender and preference for light, dark, or bright colors (p=0.025), as well as gender and number of preferred colors per personal item (p=0.02). However, no significant relationships were found between gender and change of colors from childhood (p=0.73), gender and number of preferred colors (p=0.204), gender and most preferred colors (p=0.216), age, and the number of preferred colors (p=0.19). Interestingly, 66.3% of the participants in Survey 2 indicated that their preferred colors were based on innate attraction, regardless of whether their color preferences had changed or remained the same since childhood. Overall, blue and red were the most preferred colors, with a score of 34.4%. These findings provide valuable insights for design practitioners and communicators and offer a basis for future research on color preferences among Ghanaians.

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Colour Symbolism in Traditional Medicine and Healing Practices of the Dagomba Ethnic Group of Ghana

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Sociocultural conservation strategies of prioritized medicinal plants, their historical context and space for integration

Color preferences among selected adults in Ghana

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