On this table and against the wall are displayed a few example of African crafts: silver and wooden crosses, baskets, pottery, and a knife. Many of these ancient crafts are increasingly made for tourists.
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Traditional building materials, like the sun-dried bricks shown here, remain the most cost-effective construction materials available. Virtually all buildings in rural areas are still constructed using traditional methods. Whenever farmers can afford the cost, however, they tend to replace straw roofs with more durable corrugated iron..................................................................................
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Let us not forget music and poetry. Accompanied by a one-string violin, this girl improvises semi-serious verses on each attendant to this wedding party. To implore her to go and crucify somebody else, you must stick a dollar bill on her forehead. Most effective, and a
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Here she catches her breath and searches for inspiration in a glass of 'talla', a home-brewed ale, as her musician continues to entertain the audience with traditional themes.
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Africa has lots of seasoned wood carvers but few original artists and designers. Furthermore, a local artisan in his workshop like this one may have little idea of what Western consumers want. Africa, however, can tap an extremely rich artistic heritage to come up with attractive original products.equired for African exports of craft products to really take off.
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Metal work also has a long tradition in Sub-Saharan Africa. Low tech blacksmiths, like this Tuareg artisan, can still be found in villages. They manufacture hoes, machetes and other farm implements...ents..nts.
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Turning tree bark into clothing is also an ancient skill. Out more than five hundred million Africans, however, those who still wear bark clothes are no more than a few thousand. They live in extremely remote areas........................
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This young trader sells art to tourists. As a result, he is better informed about what they like. He is, however, unlikely to have the funds to launch a large scale operation. Foreign investment and local capital participation are required.s.
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Exports of African crafts has recently begun to rise. The rapid growth of an Afrocentric market in the U.S. provides jobs for these Kante cloth producers in Ghana.
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Manufacturing bows and arrows is an ancient African craft. Today it is only practiced by very few people, among which Central African pygmies.es..........
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Weaving is still occasionally practiced in the traditional way. Most people today, however, like this young weaver, wear imported or industrially made clothes.
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Dyeing cloth is an ancient industry, mostly based on natural dyes. The resulting cloth becomes the object of long distance trade within Africa.
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Pottery has long been used in Africa. Again, you would have to travel to far remote areas, for instance deep into the equatorial forest as shown in this picture, to find people who do not use at least a potter's wheel. Today, pottery is rapidly replaced by more durable plastic products.