Synopsis
Young British consumers work alongside luxury goods makers in Africa and Asia. In Addis Ababa the Brits join the locals who rely on the leather industry to survive.
- Programme: Blood, Sweat and Luxuries
- Episode: Leather
- Channel: BBC Three
- Broadcast year: 2010
- Geography | Globalisation, trade and interdependence | Globalisation and global trade | Impact of global trade
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