Timbuktu
Scene 77 of Into Africa. Aminata is telling Mariam about her latest entrepreneurial scheme.
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Mariam: To
Aminata: To my mother’s town. Djenne.
Mariam: But…
Aminata: It’s more than just the mosque and mud bricks, you know.
Mariam: You’re going to make clay ovens!
Aminata: No, no. I’m going to start a money transfer office.
Mariam: Last week it was a mobile phone network. Given that up?
Aminata: I need capital. So I figure the money transfer office will generate funds to start the mobile phone network.
Mariam: I don’t know. Hare-brained, you are. You must decide where you are going in the evening if you intend to leave early in the morning.Two weeks ago you were starting a newspaper using mobile phone reporters, this week it's money transfer. Where do you get all these ideas?
Aminata: The
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Labels: Africa, Djenne, entrepreneur, Mali
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