These fairly traded bracelets are made in Kumasi, Ghana the capital city of the Ashanti region. The artists are involved in a co-operative of Hausa women who create these world changing bracelets out of old plastic containers.
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[...] January 30th, 2007 Check out these bracelets featured on Great Green Goods, made in Ghana from recycled plastic. They’re right up there with the paper beads made from old magazine on my list of favorite gifts-that-double-as-political-talking-pieces. [...]