The Wood Merchants of Ebute-Metta: Our life, Our story (Part 2)
By Guardian Exclusive
20 July 2017 |
8:55 am
Behind West Africa's largest Wood market are men and women who have invested heavily in the business. In this part of our Wood Merchant series, we look at the life and stories of the people involved in the wood business.
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