Making a Living from Old Shoes

Synopsis of Making a Living from Old Shoes

«Making a Living from Old Shoes» is the ethnographic essay by Alexis Malefakis, Tabea Grob and Christa Luginbühl, with 112 pages in hardcover, from Benteli Verlag.

Describes the lives of street vendors in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), who earn their living selling used shoes within an international business involving collectors, sorters and traders. It portrays their expert knowledge: street fashion, types of customers, where and when to sell and how much to charge.

First edition published on October 6, 2016. It carries the subtitle «Tanzanian Street Vendors as Urban Experts». Text in English.

For students and teachers of anthropology, and readers interested in the urban economy of East Africa and the global trade in used clothing.