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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.

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