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Shea Butter Republic: State Power, Global Markets, and the Making of an Indigenous Commodity
Shea Butter Republic State Power Global Markets and the Making of an Indigenous Commodity
Author: Brenda Chalfin
Shea butter (butyrospermin parkii) has been produced and sold by rural West African women and circulated on the world market as a raw material for more than a century. Shea butter has been used for cooking, making soap and candles, leatherworking, dying, as a medical and beauty aid, and most significantly, as a substitute for cocoa butter in cho...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780415944601
ISBN-10: 0415944600
Publication Date: 1/23/2004
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Routledge
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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