Daily commerce that does not involve Amazon. It doesn’t even involve refrigeration.
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- A small section of a city of shacks that go on for miles. Once inside, a byzantine maze of shops.
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- She can sell you carrots and make change without taking the load off her head, or losing a single carrot.
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- Teenage boredom is clearly a worldwide phenomenon.
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- A boy who should be in school rests on bolts of cloth. A staggering number of children here are subjected to child labor.
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- Fresh fish will be sold before day’s end. There is no ice or refrigeration.
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- A heavy load of yams for this young man.
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- Cheese, flattened and stained red, always more appealing with a fly swatter nearby.
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- She wasn’t begging. She was trying to sell a can of peas.
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- Her cheeks show signs of scarification, a practice of cutting the skin with designs, like a permanent tattoo. Historically, it showed tribal membership. African millennials think it’s hip.
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- On the left, carefree youth. On the right, the despondency of adult unemployment.
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- Obama Beach was spontaneously named after the 2008 election.
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- Mike swinging on a pretty sketchy homemade swing contraption. Can you imagine putting your kid on this?!
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- No braces in West Africa, but some pretty straight teeth.
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- Muslim men praying in the middle of the market.
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- A very young mama-to-be.
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- An African milliner who can whip up designs suitable for royalty.
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- Gelede masks are used to educate the illiterate. Here, a contraption with moving money shows that ATMs can be trusted to dispense cash.
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- Goats are prized in Benin. A meal including goat meat is a celebration.
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- The latest in men’s fashion.
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