Informal City Dialogues - Destroyed by Fire, a Market Struggles to Rise from the Ashes

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A blog post by Sharon Benzoni about street vendors in Ghana.

 

Kantamanto’s back in business. Just two months ago, a field of rubble was all that remained of the large, beloved market that deals primarily in secondhand clothes imported from the U.S., Europe and China. The market, a confusing labyrinth of stalls, had been leveled by fires and government demolition trucks. Now, though, Kantamanto is again a maze of commerce.

 

Learn more about the Rockefeller Foundation's Informal City Dialogues project.

 

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