In the centre of Niamey there is a market, and, in the middle of the market, there is a supermarket. Just like a supermarket in the provinces. It is surrounded by craft stalls, people selling second-hand goods, stalls with lamb meat on which flies prey and a few sellers of tobacco by the carton. The supermarket is reminiscent of an airport, with the dominance of tile, but it is air-conditioned, and the shelves are perfectly arranged. Water, shaving cream, soft drinks of the inevitable universal brands, napes, chocolate, ice cream, some cosmetics. Let’s say it covers “the basic needs of a European”. The prices are not prohibitive according to the locals, but the problem is not so much how much things cost as that there is no money to buy them. It is clear from the presence of the packets of Prince of Beukelaer biscuits that it is not just the physical distance between Africa and the West that is the problem.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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