"Caravaneers, Shopkeepers and Consumers : the Appropriation of Goods among the Kel Ewey Tuareg in Niger"
by Spittler, Gerd (2008)
Abstract
This article deals with “trading expeditions” as a special type of economic relations with foreign societies. Expeditions cover long distances. Nevertheless they are not organized by professional traders but by people who are interested in the immediate use value of goods. There are some similarities with migrant labourers, but in
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Anthropology, Anthropology Of Work, Kel Ewey, Tuareg, Niger, Consumption, Africa, Trading ExpeditionsThemes
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