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Made in Africa – scenes from African Market Life

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The marketplace is important to everyday life in West Africa. It is here that many earn their living, and others obtain their basic necessities.

Today all over the world the Internet, radio, television, advertising and tourism all play their role in forming people's consumption demands. With a varied and complex choice of goods and services the markets make possible the fulfillment - at least in part - of some of the dreams that have to do with consumption and the good life. West African marketplaces provide local answers to globally influenced dreams.

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  • Elisabeth Wælgaard Steen
  • Mariann Komissar
  • Alfhild Birkeland

Photos

  • Pape Samba Seydi
  • Mårten Teigen
  • Alfhild Birkeland
  • Mariann Komissar
  • Elisabeth Wælgaard Steen
Published Jan. 27, 2021 8:49 AM - Last modified Apr. 26, 2022 3:31 PM

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