African agency in China's tea trade : : commercial networks, brand creation and intellectual property / / Ute Röschenthaler.

• Superior document: African Social Studies Series ; Volume 43
• VerfasserIn: Röschenthaler, Ute,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: African social studies series ; Volume 43.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (364 pages)
• Notes: This study highlights the agency of African economic actors in the green tea trade between China and West Africa, their unique tea brand designs, their challenges and successes, and the social and cultural context in which they conduct their work.

Every month tons of green tea travel from China to West Africa in a movement that largely thrives beyond the attention of Western observers. In this trade, Malian merchants assumed a central role. They travel to China, visit family gardens and the factories, which process and package the product. To...