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SUMMARY:Theater: "WAX TRADERS"
DESCRIPTION:What has Switzerland got to do with the colourful cotton prints
  that dominate daily life in Africa?\\r\\n“WAX TRADERS” tells the stor
 y of two daring women on the African west coast\, that skillfully navigate
  global markets in times of political upheaval\, resisting against the mas
 sive inequalities of the colonial system. They meet two European tradesmen
  that work for the “Basel Trading Company” and seek their fortune on t
 he “Gold coast”. Together the four characters create a market for the 
 “African Wax Prints” – cotton fabrics with colorful print design\, t
 hat Swiss and Dutch textile companies develop by copying Indonesian patter
 ns and printing technique. Inspired by traditional storytelling\, Eva-Mari
 a Bertschy – with co-author Edwige Dro – and Kojack Kossakamvwe create
  an extensive ballad about the trade relations between the Swiss textile i
 ndustry and its customers in West Africa\, that has existed since centurie
 s.\\r\\n“WAX TRADERS” is produced by GROUP50:50 in coproduction with V
 orarlberger Landestheater and Kaserne Basel.\\r\\nIn English\, French\, Ge
 rman\, Twi\, Baoulé & Lingala with surtitles.
X-ALT-DESC:<p>What has Switzerland got to do with the colourful cotton prin
 ts that dominate daily life in Africa?</p>\n<p>“WAX TRADERS” tells the
  story of two daring women on the African west coast\, that skillfully nav
 igate global markets in times of political upheaval\, resisting against th
 e massive inequalities of the colonial system. They meet two European trad
 esmen that work for the “Basel Trading Company” and seek their fortune
  on the “Gold coast”. Together the four characters create a market for
  the “African Wax Prints” – cotton fabrics with colorful print desig
 n\, that Swiss and Dutch textile companies develop by copying Indonesian p
 atterns and printing technique. Inspired by traditional storytelling\, Eva
 -Maria Bertschy – with co-author Edwige Dro – and Kojack Kossakamvwe c
 reate an extensive ballad about the trade relations between the Swiss text
 ile industry and its customers in West Africa\, that has existed since cen
 turies.</p>\n<p>“WAX TRADERS” is produced by GROUP50:50 in coproductio
 n with Vorarlberger Landestheater and Kaserne Basel.</p>\n<p>In English\, 
 French\, German\, Twi\, Baoulé &amp\; Lingala with surtitles.</p>
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