In and out of Africa

Synopsis

During the colonial period in the 1920s, European interest in collecting African art stimulated a transnational trade between Africa and the West. What has become a multi-million dollar trade lies largely in the hands of Muslim merchants. this film follows Gabai Baare, a merchant who brings ‘wood’ from the Ivory Coast of West Africa to sell in the USA. Through commercial exchange the commoditisation of these art objects is revealed, as is the negotiation of cultural values between Europe and American collectors and African artists and traders.

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 59 min.

Year of production

1993

Availability

Sale; 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Subjects

Anthropology; Art

Keywords

Africa; art - African; art trade; international trade

Credits

Director

Ilisa Barbash; Lucien Taylor

Distributor

Name

Royal Anthropological Institute

Contact

Susanne Hammacher (Film Officer)

Email

film@therai.org.uk

Web

https://www.therai.org.uk/film/film-sales External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7387 0455

Fax

020 7388 8817

Address

50 Fitzroy Street
London
W1T 5BT

Notes

The Institute sells more than 250 anthropology and ethnology titles on video and DVD, including some produced by students and staff of the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology. There is also a large library of internationally produced film and video productions from which items may be borrowed within the UK.