Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – These days, Godfrey Massima, one of the traders at Mwenge market on Sam Nujoma Road in Dar es Salaam, sometimes closes shop at 6pm without so much as selling to a single customer all day.
The 30-year-old’s stall – a wooden table – is full of second-hand shoes. Colourful sandals and trainers are hung up while some are strewn across the table. But the items remain unsold, like those of other traders around him, who look downbeat as the streets remain quiet. And with no electricity in the market, they begin to pack up early as the sun starts to set.
