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Changing Malian Women’s Economic Activities
Vending in the Market, Travelling the World
2018 Volume 18 Issue 2 Pages 63-78
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2018 Volume 18 Issue 2 Pages 63-78
From around the year 2000, Malian women have begun to actively involve themselves in trans-national trade with Dubai (UAE) and Guangzhou (China). They travel alone and purchase commodities by themselves using the help of the Malian diaspora and the commercial network.
Although there have been women merchants in Mali’s past, they have gone unnoticed because of the mono-gendered view of the history of long-distance trade. Even in current-day Mali, studies on women’s economic activities tend to be limited to those describing vending in the market.
Observing Malian women working in the market as well as conducting trans-national trade in contemporary Mali, we realise the diversification of their economic activities and the social change that has occurred in Malian society.
