Between the 10th and 15th centuries, the gold market boomed, especially in Egypt, Persia, India and China. Southern Africa played a crucial role in meeting demand.
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The history of whiskey is one of perception, not necessarily quality.
Consumers’ demand for authentic handcrafted products and experiences has led to elevated cultural cachet for professions like baristas and bartenders.
The COVID-19 pandemic has accentuated the existing challenges facing artisanal and small-scale mining in Kenya.
Migration helped forge the very social, cultural and economic infrastructures that Britain now seeks to wall off from the rest of the world.
California’s artisan cheese-making industry has followed the changing tastes of the state’s population waves, from the mid-1800s through today.
South Africa’s 14 point plan to achieve economic recovery lacks detail and vision of how the country is going to get itself out the prevailing economic crisis.
The history of artisanal training and employment in South Africa has been one of systematic social exclusion and inequality.
In a bid to capitalise on the “artisanal” trend, fast food companies are craft-washing their mass produced products.
It’s that time of year when the stakes can feel very high when choosing a chocolate for your sweetie. Yet the options are more bountiful and confounding than ever. Valentine’s Day chocolates in a growing…
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