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Salt harvesters of Ghana /

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This starkly beautiful film exemplifies the burden borne by African women to survive and support their families. The Ghanaian women who live on a lagoon in Ada, mine for salt with their bare hands during the three month-long dry season. Ankle deep in brackish water, they bend, scoop, bag and tote th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rock, Marcia
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2009.
Series:Filmakers Library online.
Subjects:
Salt industry and trade > Ghana.
Salt workers > Ghana.
Sexual division of labor > Ghana.
Women > Ghana > Economic conditions.
Women > Ghana > Social conditions.
Sel > Industrie > Ghāna.
Travailleurs du sel > Ghāna.
Femmes > Ghāna > Conditions économiques.
Femmes > Ghāna > Conditions sociales.
Salt industry and trade
Salt workers
Sexual division of labor
Women > Economic conditions
Women > Social conditions
Ghana
Documentary.
Encoded moving images.
Nonfiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Nonfiction films.
Films autres que de fiction.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
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