#mama benz

[patternsandprints]

[champvictor]

Mama Benz, where can I find one? (LoopLand Togo)

So we visited the One where we learned a new concept for ourselves. Here women are engaged in trade, private business, and many large cases. The most successful are called "mom-benz", as they mostly drive around in cars with a similar name.

If you've traveled to Africa, you've probably heard about the market in Lome (the capital of Togo). On Wednesdays and Fridays, traders from all the surrounding countries come there. Douglas loves Star Wars, so he imagined it was an old galactic marketplace. One thing is funny in this story: our wanderer was talking to traders in Jedi attire with a lightsaber in his hands. The locals nicknamed Douglas "Fou avec un bâton", we did not show the translation to him.

Regarding something exotic that can be found in this country. Banana moonshine is very popular among the locals. It is often used for Voodoo rituals.

On this, the next episode of the program came to an end, thanks for your attention! And remember that livestock is practically not bred here since the tsetse fly lives in this area, which completely kills it!

[curating-africa]

Mama Benz & The Taste of Money : An African Market Woman

The colorful markets of Africa are often dominated by strong older women. They control price and determine who can buy their goods. These imperious women rule the market and are treated with deference. Thanks to their business acumen, they have amassed a great deal of wealth. These women are affectionately referred to as Mama Benz. Why? Because each one has as her trademark a prized possession, a chauffeured Mercedes Benz. This film focuses on one woman who presides over the cloth market in Lomé, Togo. She is a lavishly dressed matron with a fully- staffed mansion who proudly travels the rutted dirt roads in her limousine. Despite her success, Mama Benz has not become too grand for the hurly burly of the marketplace. Everyday she takes her accustomed place in the stall, surrounded by gloriously colored textiles, and haggles with her customers. The other market women look up to her. Perhaps one day they too will attain her success and become a Mama Benz.

# I was thinking about this documentary earlier because I saw a group of Mama Benz's earlier today.I watched this particular documentary like years ago. Infact I've seen Mama Banz's in just about every Asian country I've been to. I would love to do a documentary on them or write about them(or something along those lines...) , you know part II - Mama Benz in Asia

#I love their attitude , take no nonsense from anyone , and eveywhere they go , they command respect.