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Women Business Owners in Turkana (story and gallery)
Posted on February 3, 2013 | No CommentsBy Marina Liao
The dirt roads teemed with goats and children and motorcycles. Male merchants beckoned shoppers to stop and purchase passion fruit and cheap Chinese textiles. -
The Hairstyles of Turkana (story and video)
Posted on February 3, 2013 | No CommentsBy John Ablan
A female stylist with hot-pink hair extensions ran her hands over her young client’s curls. She scrutinized the chocolate-brown hair from different angles while R&B hits from the 1990s blasted from the radio. It could have been a salon in Anytown, USA – circa 1992. Only Mama Awi Salon sat in the heart of Lodwar, the commercial hub of northwestern Kenya.