The Africa Reporting Project » Mali http://africareportingproject.org An Initiative of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Wed, 25 May 2011 17:56:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 White Gold: Tracing Cotton and Fashion in Africa http://africareportingproject.org/2010/10/29/white-gold-tracing-cotton-and-fashion-in-africa/ http://africareportingproject.org/2010/10/29/white-gold-tracing-cotton-and-fashion-in-africa/#comments Sat, 30 Oct 2010 00:19:58 +0000 pricks http://africareportingproject.org/?p=1493 US cotton Subsidies which began in 2001 have had a huge impact on world prices for cotton in Africa, particularly Mali. This has led to a decline in cotton farming for a country that is dependent on cotton production for growing subsistence crops (food) and social services like schools and housing. This is the story of how African fashion entrepreneurs could bring new life to Mali’s dying cotton production.

Mali is one of the largest countries in Africa and also one of the poorest countries in the World. Half the population lives below the international poverty line and a third of the population depend on cotton to survive.

videography and production by Amanda Martinez

White Gold: Tracing Cotton and Fashion in Africa from Amanda Martinez on Vimeo.

]]> http://africareportingproject.org/2010/10/29/white-gold-tracing-cotton-and-fashion-in-africa/feed/ 0 Weaving dreams: Tracing cotton and fashion in Africa http://africareportingproject.org/2010/05/13/weaving-dreams-tracing-cotton-and-fashion-in-africa/ http://africareportingproject.org/2010/05/13/weaving-dreams-tracing-cotton-and-fashion-in-africa/#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 23:03:37 +0000 mkricard http://africareportingproject.org/?p=1167 Begun in 2001, U.S. cotton subsidies have had a huge impact on world cotton prices in Africa, particularly in Mali. This has led to a decline in cotton farming for a country that is dependent on cotton production for growing subsistence food crops and social services such as education and housing. Amanda Martinez reports on how African fashion entrepreneurs could bring new life to Mali’s dying cotton production.

Weaving Dreams: Tracing Cotton and Fashion in Africa from Amanda Martinez on Vimeo.

]]> http://africareportingproject.org/2010/05/13/weaving-dreams-tracing-cotton-and-fashion-in-africa/feed/ 0 12.6499996 -8.0000000 Nathan McClintock talks urban agriculture http://africareportingproject.org/2010/02/19/one-question-nathan-mcclintock-talks-urban-agriculture/ http://africareportingproject.org/2010/02/19/one-question-nathan-mcclintock-talks-urban-agriculture/#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:38:48 +0000 sha.evans http://africareportingproject.org/?p=887 Nathan McClintock is a Ph.D candidate in geography at UC Berkeley.  He currently holds a seat on the Oakland Food Policy Council.  He has worked on agricultural development projects with the Rodale Institute in Senegal and Partners in Health in Haiti, as well as done short-term consultancies in Bangladesh, Nepal, Mali, and Mexico.  Nathan stopped by Thursday morning’s class to talk about urban agriculture in Mali and Senegal, and the development of urban gardening in Oakland.   For our one question series we asked what he thought Oakland could learn from Africa in regards to sustaining urban gardening and developing urban agriculture throughout the city.

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