The Wood Merchants of Ebute-Metta: Forest to furniture (Part 1)
By Guardian Exclusive
19 July 2017 |
10:28 am
Everyone knows what a furniture looks like but how many people know the origin of the wood used in making them? In our seven-part series exploring Oko Baba Wood Market, we get into the world of the wood merchants, the journey of the wood, the varied men and women behind the market and the ingenious technologies behind the operations. a.
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