Gifting in Mali and India-a Way of Life

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Segment from Making Contact program #01-10 "How We Survive: The Currency of Giving"

Intro and Outro

Advertisements fill the airways with messages to show love through the purchase of a diamond or a video game. Yet for many people around the world, giving happens all the time. The Other Worlds collaborative, a network of activists, artists and media producers, seeks to amplify the voices involved in gift economies. Rachel Wallis, media coordinator for the group, has more about a practice in the West African nation of Mali and beyond.