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...into the trash and plunging their hands in deep. "The supermarkets are the best," says Madeleine. "It's in boxes, all arranged." Nor do the inhabitants of Mindwube just find food. There are "plates, dresses, jewelry, liqueurs, TVs, dvds, fridges, children's toys and mobile phones," says André Boussougou, 40. His specialty is aluminum, which he sorts and sells to a pot manufacturer, and leather, which he hawks to a dealer who exports to Europe. "It's really two worlds in Gabon," says Ernst & Young's Watremez. "Rich, poor. There's nothing in the middle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa's Oil Dreams | 5/31/2007 | See Source »

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