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in France, which has invested in mechanized conveyor belts.įrom a French point of view, Senegalese workers have no work ethic.įrom a Senegalese point of view, the French have it easy while they do everything. The work of dockers also varies whether you live in Ecuador or. On board, tensions are common between African and French crew members even though the work load tends to put the Senegalese at a disadvantage. Yet “Blacks” and “Whites” do the same job, as a young Senegalese fisherman explains.
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In Africa, though, local employees suffer long-lasting racial inequalities and have absolutely no bargaining power. Otherwise, brands mask the true origin of their products.įrench grocers and consumers claim the superior quality of bananas from Guadeloupe and Martinique, two French overseas departments.Įven if brand stickers want us to believe otherwise, these bananas probably come from the same plantation.įrench tuna workers complain about increasingly demanding rates of productivity, which their union representative confirms before warning against the rapid relocation of canning sites in Africa.Ī fade out gives Moullet a brief moment to summarize for the spectator French industries’ blackmailing strategies: “If there’s a strike, they move the factory off shore.” In reality, the tuna is fished and canned in Dakar, Senegal.īanania, the number one chocolate powder for children, continues to use a racist representation of colonial Africa successfully. Other misleading labels include tuna cans that use Brittany’s imagery to lure customers. The famous Cathedral of Amiens, in a small logo inside the "O" of coq, misleads consumers eggs are no longer produced exclusively in Picardie. Luc Moullet tracks the Origins of a Meal, p.