Asante Market Women
- Synopsis
- A study of Asante society filmed chiefly in the central market of Kumasi, Ghana. It is a matrilineal society, where wealth passes not to a man’s sons but to his sister’s children. In the home women are subservient to men, but in the market place women have dominance. Studies the strict hierarchy whereby each produce section of the market has its own head woman - the Queen Mother. It is explained that the womens’ supremacy in commerce is based on the need for economic independence because the Asante inheritance traditions work to their disadvantage. As Asante girls become more educated they are beginning to challenge the traditional domination by men.
- Series
- Disappearing World, Series
- Language
- English
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min.
- Year of production
- 1982
- Availability
- Sale (Granada); 2005 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)
- Notes
- Broadcast on ITV 3/82.
- Keywords
- Africa; Asante; Ghana; women
Credits
- Director
- Claudia Milne
- Contributor
- Charlotte Boaitey
Production Company
- Name
Granada Television
- Web
- http://www.granadamedia.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7734 8080
- Fax
- 020 7494 6280
- Address
- Non-Theatric Sales
36 Golden Square
London
W1R 4AH
Distributor
- Name
Royal Anthropological Institute Film & Video Library, c/o Concord Media
- sales@concordvideo.co.uk
- Web
- http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01473 726012
- Fax
- 01473 274531
- Address
- Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG
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