Browsing by Author "Glime, Olivia Aku"

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    The Ghanaian woman and foreign fashion since 1960
    (1993) Glime, Olivia Aku
    This research investigates the effects of foreign fashion on the indigenous fashion of the contemporary Ghanaian woman since 1960. It also examines the quality of the indigenous Ghanaian fashion; the effects of foreign fashion on the psyche, the health, the fashion culture and the fashion industry of contemporary Ghana since 1960. It identifies the different foreign fashions since 1960 through personal interviews and questionnaire and finds out the Characteristics of respondents to the questionnaire. Research findings show varied degrees of influence on the contemporary Ghanaian woman as regards clothing, accessories and grooming. These include methods employed to enhance the beauty and health conditions with foreign fashion products and designs. The stratified sampling method of analysis was adopted with the assumption that the findings would be representative of the Ghanaian woman. The findings indicate that foreign fashion has both positive and negative effects on the contemporary Ghanaian woman since 1960 but then, given the right education and guidance, the contemporary Ghanaian woman would not completely discard her indigenous mode of dressing.
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    The place of therapeutic art in the rehabilitation of discharged psychiatric patients in Ghana: a case study of the Kumasi Cheshire home
    (1999) Glime, Olivia Aku
    This study investigates the place of therapeutic Art in the rehabilitation process of discharged psychiatric patients in the Kumasi Cheshire Home. It also identifies, examines and critically analyses rehabilitation ingredients employed in the Kumasi Cheshire Home which is a community based mental health rehabilitation centre in Kumasi; it assesses the place of creative art works. The study evaluates the Kumasi Cheshire Home as a concept of community-based mental health centre in Ghana. The stratified sampling method of analysis was adopted with the assumption that the findings would be representative of Ghanaian populace. The findings indicate that therapeutic art as known elsewhere does not exist in the Kumasi Cheshire I-Tome owing to deficiencies in the definition of therapeutic art in the Home. Nevertheless, art works of residents are useful in the diagnosis of residents and as a mode of treatment. The strengths and weaknesses of the Kumasi Cheshire Home have been identified with a view to rectifying the weaknesses to enhance the efforts of the rehabilitation process of the Kumasi Cheshire Home as a Community-based Mental Health Rehabilitation Centre.