Salt harvesters of Ghana /

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.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

by Rock, Marcia
Published 2009

Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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