At Al-Fanar Media Rajel Oumar Hell Beilil reports that In Mauritania, a Black Market in Books Plagues Education.
It's mainly the textbook market, but disturbing nonetheless:
It's mainly the textbook market, but disturbing nonetheless:
Since last year, books in Mauritania have, for reasons that are not always clear, been steered from legal distributors into the black market, and they have become difficult to find and overpriced.Distribution has long held back African markets, and it's frustrating that these sorts of situations are still so widespread. It's heartening to see that folks are willing to spend their ouguiya on (text)books -- and disheartening that they're getting screwed like this. Would that books -- especially, but not only, school-books-- were readily and cheaply accessible !