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Textile Design and Product Innovations from Adinkra and Bogolanfini Ideographic Mergers

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Department of Fashion Design and Textile Studies, Cape Coast Technical University, Cape Coast, Ghana
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Department of Textile Design and Technology, Takoradi Technical University, Takoradi, Ghana
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Department of Fashion Design and Technology, Takoradi Technical University, Takoradi, Ghana
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December 29, 2021
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February 09, 2022
Accepted
February 23, 2022
Published
February 24, 2022
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Ampadu, J. , Acquaye, R. , & Appoh, G. A. (2022). Textile Design and Product Innovations from Adinkra and Bogolanfini Ideographic Mergers. Current Research in Public Health, 1(1), 28-45. https://doi.org/10.31586/jad.2022.231
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Ampadu, J. ; Acquaye, R. ; Appoh, G. A. Textile Design and Product Innovations from Adinkra and Bogolanfini Ideographic Mergers. Current Research in Public Health 2022 1(1), 28-45. https://doi.org/10.31586/jad.2022.231
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Ampadu, Joseph, Richard Acquaye, and Genevieve Adjei Appoh. 2022. "Textile Design and Product Innovations from Adinkra and Bogolanfini Ideographic Mergers". Current Research in Public Health 1, no. 1: 28-45. https://doi.org/10.31586/jad.2022.231
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Ampadu J, Acquaye R, Appoh GA. Textile Design and Product Innovations from Adinkra and Bogolanfini Ideographic Mergers. Current Research in Public Health. 2022; 1(1):28-45. https://doi.org/10.31586/jad.2022.231
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