The Riches of Ethiopia: silver beads and coffee beans
Guided tour through the Jewelry of Ethiopia exhibition and screening of coffee documentary
Saturday, 5th February, 2011.
12h
The guided tour of the Jewelry of Ethiopia exhibition traces the use of objects as symbols of wealth and social prestige, as well as the importance of cultural and historical settings in construing the values of materials and objects.
13h
Screening of documentary that examines the place of Ethiopia in the world coffee trade as Africa’s main coffee exporter and home to the most valued species of coffee - arabica, and the country’s disproportionately small share in the profit generated by the gobal industry of this drink, often called black gold.