Scholars Chips Quinn Scholars Assn. The following entries are her impressions of the people, places and problems of Africa. I'm sitting in my stepmother's tailor shop in Treichville, photographing women selling sandwiches, fruit and candy along the street.
Shoppers peek in to examine the styles offered in each shop.
My stepmother has two very good, very quick and creative tailors she pays monthly. Although she has a degree in sewing, she spends her time chatting with clients and collecting money. Here, she probably helps support her family. I have arranged to deliver money from a family friend who lives in New York to his cousin in Abidjan this evening. Much of the 20-minute exchange is spent inquiring about and praying for the health and proliferation of both sides.