A History of Mali’s National Drink

A History of Mali’s National Drink
Author: Ute Röschenthaler
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2022-10-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004524673

This study follows green tea from China to Mali along its historical trade routes halfway around the world, examining the circumstances of its introduction, the course of the tea ritual, the equipment to prepare and consume it, and the meanings that it assumed.

A History of Mali's National Drink

A History of Mali's National Drink
Author: Ute Röschenthaler
Publisher: African History
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789004524668

Green tea, imported from China, occupies an important place in the daily lives of Malians. They spend so much time preparing and consuming the sugared beverage that it became the country's national drink. To find out how Malians came to practice the tea ritual, this study follows the beverage from China to Mali on its historical trade routes halfway around the globe. It examines the circumstances of its introduction, the course of the tea ritual, the equipment to prepare and consume it, and the meanings that it assumed in the various places on its travel across geographical regions, political economies, cultural contexts, and religious affiliations.

African Agency in China’s Tea Trade

African Agency in China’s Tea Trade
Author: Ute Röschenthaler
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2022-02-07
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9004505695

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.

Branding the Middle East

Branding the Middle East
Author: Steffen Wippel
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 676
Release: 2023-10-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3110741105

This edited volume investigates place, product, and personal branding in the Middle East and North Africa, including some studies from adjacent regions and the wider Islamicate world. Going beyond simply presenting logos and slogans, it critically analyses processes of strategic communication and image building under general conditions of globalisation, neoliberalisation, and postmodernisation and, in a regional perspective, of lasting authoritarian rule and increased endeavours for "worlding." In particular, it looks at the multiple actors involved in branding activities, their interests and motives, and investigates tools, channels, and forms of branding. A major interest exists in the entanglements of different spatial scales and in the (in)consistencies of communication measures. Attention is paid to reconfigurations of certain images over time and to the positioning of objects of branding in time and space. Historical case studies supplement the focus on contemporary branding efforts. While branding in the Western world and many emerging economies has been meticulously analysed, this edited volume fills an important gap in the research on MENA countries.

Tea

Tea
Author: Lydia Gautier
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2006-10-26
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0811856828

Prepare for a richly exotic voyage across continents and centuries in this in-depth exploration of the world of tea. Like wine, tea has its own prestigious growing regions and plantations where are produced refined, noble, and modern varieties as distinctive as the terroir on which they are grown. This impressive volume follows the trade routes of the familiar yet mysterious tea leaf, from the origins of cultivation in China to Japan's legendary tea ceremony to the ritual of afternoon tea in the U.K. Practical advice describes the benefits of tea in the diet, the optimum brewing temperature, and precise measurements for steeping the perfect cup. Profiles of the Grand Crus of tea (32 worldwide varieties) plus recipes that pair well with tea or have tea as an ingredient are also featured. Rich and sumptuous photographs lead us through this ancient but still contemporary pursuit that reaches from remote Asian villages to exotic islands to today's modern cities. Tea is a book to be savored with all the senses.

Mali

Mali
Author: Ross Velton
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2004
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9781841620770

A second edition of the first English-language travel guide to Mali, full of practical information and cultural background for the independent traveler.

Nigeria

Nigeria
Author: Lizzie Williams
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2012
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1841623970

This updated edition guides you through this unique country and provides a comprehensive insight into what makes Africa's most populous country tick.