Tuesday, March 12, 2013

March 12. 2013

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Paper beads are ubiquitous in East Africa.  Made from pages of old magazines, (mostly) women create these with glue, paint and shellac--a very inexpensive process that leads to modest profits.  And, we expats ("Muzungu" to the locals) buy them in bunches.  Here, a vendor displays her work at last year's Kigali Up! Music Festival. 

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