Browsing pages online, I happened on an advertisement for fairly traded 'Tuareg sterling hoop earrings'. I clicked and a new page opened, revealing a familiar image. My fingers strayed slowly upward and gently touched the piece of jewelry dangling from my ear. The earrings I am wearing are virtually identical to the ones available online, the key difference being that I purchased my earrings directly from a trader from Niger during my time in Nigeria. And I find myself thinking how very strange it is that one can order something online from a place one has never been and may never go.
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