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Occupational Vat Dyeing Practices in the Kano Metropolis of Nigeria - Part 1: Demographic/Socio-economic Characteristics of the Dyers and Composition of the Dyeing Enterprises

Abdullahi S.1*, Nkeonye P. O.1, Mohammed K. Yakubu2, Gumel S. M.3, Iliya, E.B.4, Arigbede O. O5
1 Department of Polymer and Textile Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
2 Ahmadu Bello University Zaria
3 Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, College of Nature and Pharmaceutical Science, Bayero University Kano
4 Department of Polymer and Textile Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
5 Department of Geography, Federal Collage of Education, Zaria, Nigeria
* Corresponding author: abdullahis@abu.edu.ng
Published: Aug, 2021
DOI: 10.67637/njt.2021.erjfmee6
Pages: 25-36
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Abstract

Application of natural indigo vat dye is a popular traditional craft among many Nigerians particularly Hausa and Nupe in the north, Tiv in the middle belt and Yoruba in the west. Due to continuing decline of traditional indigo dyeing and availability of synthetic dyes, most occupational dyeing in Kano metropolis today is done with vat dyes and chemicals. The aim of this paper is to assess the demographic/socio-economic characteristics of the dyers as well as the nature and composition of the dyeing enterprises in Kano metropolis. The study was conducted among 1387 dyers and further information was obtained through focus group discussion, observation and records. Data were analysed by descriptive statistics (frequency and average) using statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) software. Findings revealed that majority of the dyers were male within the age range of 18 to 65 years (mean= 31.27± 7.59). Most of the dyers are natives with some level of western education. They have varying job specifications where majority have learnt the art of dyeing by apprenticeship with work experience ranging from 5 to 31 years (mean= 11.11± 5.01) and about one half of them earning more than the minimum wage for civil servants in Nigeria. Vast majority of the dyers work as informal groups employing huge labour and operating in the neighbourhood of residential houses. The study recommends that the dyers should be encouraged to become formal in order to gain from Federal Governments’ incentive to entrepreneurship development. The State Government in its part should create effective policies and intervention strategies that will sustain and improve on the venture since it has propensity to employ huge labour

Keywords

vat dyeing occupational dyers cloth vendors Kano metropolis indigo

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S., A., O., N. P., Yakubu, M. K., M., G. S., E.B., I., & O, A. O. (2021). Occupational Vat Dyeing Practices in the Kano Metropolis of Nigeria - Part 1: Demographic/Socio-economic Characteristics of the Dyers and Composition of the Dyeing Enterprises. Nigerian Journal of Textiles, 7(1), 25-36. https://doi.org/10.67637/njt.2021.erjfmee6

A. S., N. P. O., M. K. Yakubu, G. S. M., I. E.B., and A. O. O, "Occupational Vat Dyeing Practices in the Kano Metropolis of Nigeria - Part 1: Demographic/Socio-economic Characteristics of the Dyers and Composition of the Dyeing Enterprises," Nigerian Journal of Textiles, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 25-36, August 2021. doi: 10.67637/njt.2021.erjfmee6

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