In Tunisia, Mohamed is cracking and scraping at snails to make authentic Tyrian purple dye.

Farther south in Uganda, Akello is pounding and grinding nuts by hand to make this silky, luxurious East African shea butter.

Across Africa, small businesses and artisans are making some of the world’s most expensive products.

Our first stop is Fez, Morocco, where clay bars have been molded and transformed into colorful, handmade Zellige tiles for centuries.

Chapters
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:40 Zellige Tiles
00:11:05 Shea Butter
00:19:45 Tyrian Purple
00:30:36 Frankincense And Myrrh
00:36:41 Stockfish
00:47:14 Argan Oil
00:55:22 River Reed
01:04:42 Fish Maw
01:16:03 Red Palm Oil
01:27:20 Moroccan Rugs
01:40:26 Credits

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