Of
course, not everyone in the market is as prosperous as the last two
merchants. In fact, most people buying and selling probably do not have
their own shed. They just have a place where they sit.Of
course, not everyone in the market is as prosperous as the last two
merchants. In fact, most people buying and selling probably do not have
their own shed. They just have a place where they sit.
Many of the people selling are women, but in Ouahigouya, they are almost always confined to trading in locally grown food and spices. This woman, again hard to see, is a spice vendor. By the way, people don't usually wear such unusual hats in the market. I usually bought my spices from this lady and we spoke together most days. When she saw me coming with my camera, the basin of spices on her head and called for me to take her picture.