So I was talking to my friends about Africa again, because they were recounting memories of going to the market in South Africa. The apparently went into the market in groups of two, and had a lot of trouble with pushy salespeople and feeling guilty for not buying anything.

When we were in Africa, my sister and I were very thankful for the presence of our aunt during our shopping excursions. We went into different markets on at least three different occasions for cloth, as well as for other stuff at random times. The hardest thing about shopping there is the fact that all items require you to bargain with the seller, which you can only do effectively if you have an idea of the prices. We spent the majority of one of our shopping days just gauging the price range for the cloth we wanted. Its especially confusing because there is a different price for natives than for toubabs (foreigners).

to be continued...