A different picture of Africa, not the begging and unhealthy one, but a manifold and optimistic one. In the market of the capital of Togo, Lomé, a group of women control the trade, some old, plump, black women, often illiterates, have known to make themselves respected and earn money. Mama Benz is a woman who controls the sale of the wonderful African textiles and always drives around in a large Mercedes-Benz.
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