Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XV, 350 Seiten)
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ISBN:
9789004505698
Series Statement:
African social studies volume 43
Content:
Every month tons of green tea travel from China to West Africa in a movement that largely thrives beyond the attention of Western observers. In this trade, Malian merchants assumed a central role. They travel to China, visit family gardens and the factories, which process and package the product. Together with their Chinese suppliers, they select the tea leaves and create their brand. On Bamako’s largest market, the Grand Marché, more than a hundred different tea brands are found, whose packages have colourfully, often eye-catching designs with brand-names such as Gazelle, Tombouctou, Arafat and Obama. This book explores the unique tea culture that celebrates with its brands the strength of desert animals, the fading glory of trading places, the excitement of social events and the accomplishments of admired politicians
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004505681
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Röschenthaler, Ute, 1960 - 2024 African agency in China's tea trade Leiden : Brill, 2022 ISBN 9004505687
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004505681
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789004505698
Author information:
Röschenthaler, Ute 1960-2024
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