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Asante market women / produced by Granada Television International.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Alexander Street Press.
Granada Television International.
Series:
Disappearing world
Disappearing World
Filmakers library online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Ashanti (African people)--Economic conditions.
Ashanti (African people)--Social life and customs.
Women, Ashanti.
Ashanti (African people).
Ghana.
Genre:
Documentary.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (52 min.)
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1983.
Language Note:
English.
Summary:
Asante Market Women shows us a tribe in Ghana where the men are polygamous and the women are subordinate in all domestic matters. In the bustling Kumasi market place, however, the women reign supreme. These tough, assertive women have evolved their own power structure to settle all disputes over price and quality. Member of the series: Disappearing World.
Notes:
Originally released as DVD.
Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2011. (Filmakers library online). Available via World Wide Web.
OCLC:
747798226
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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