The Babati Girls Niamey Streets
The oil bonanza slowly seeps into Niger
After years and years of lies and plunder
The oil was here since millions of years
But the occupiers looked the other way
To slow the development and stifle independence
New riches now trickle and new oil companies surge
New buildings rise and independent oil companies flourish
Impervious to the changing world two girls wait for the improbable taxi
Photo Hugh Ardoin Africa by any Means Necessary Gallery
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