Bata’s footprint in Africa: The dark story of Canadian shoe giant

http://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/bata%E2%80%99s-footprint-africa-dark-story-canadian-shoe-giant
Date Written:  2016-09-08
Publisher:  Pambazuka News
Year Published:  2016
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX19957

The Toronto-based shoemaker took advantage of European colonialism to rapidly set up across the continent, squeezing out local footwear producers, working with apartheid South Africa and even reaching out to Uganda’s Idi Amin.

Subject Headings

• Shoes