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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.
Ideas and Text: Elisabeth Wælgaard Steen,
Mariann Komissar, Alfhild Birkeland
Photos: Pape Samba Seydi, Mårten Teigen, Alfhild Birkeland, Mariann
Komissar, Elisabeth Wælgaard Steen
Text Translation: Richard Daly
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