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anches or downed trees, the sound of women collecting firewood. September and
October are months in the latter part of the rainy season and most women are on their
farms, weeding, harvesting, and tending their crops. There is little time for women to
gather wood. Many meals in the households during these months would be simple,
perhaps only roasting some heads of millet over a small fire or eating groundnuts. The
traditional boiling pots of porridge or rice are uncommon during these months because of
the time allocated to farming and the limited firewood resource.
In Kandiga, the dawadawa is usually sold in the market by young children,
mainly girls, and women. One woman in Kandiga I interviewed was the equivalent of a
wholesaler (Figure 21). She did not want to sit in the market herself, so she would make
a large batch, sell it a reduced price to girls or women willing to spend time at the market,
and they, in turn would sell it at slightly marked up price for a tiny profit.
Figure 21 – Dawadawa wholesaler
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