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“I will miss him”: As Nigerian street paper vendor prepares to leave Austria, he leaves behind his adopted grandmother
His name is Somadina Ifesinachi Okoye, but everyone calls him Kenneth. When he came to Austria in 2015 and began working as a vendor for the street paper marie, Kenneth quickly befriended Elsbeth Gaisbauer, who became like an adopted grandmother to him. Now, Kenneth is preparing to return to his home country of Nigeria, leaving behind Elsbeth, now 89. marie met the two for one last interview together.
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Summer Front Pages: A round-up of July’s street paper covers
Here’s our round-up of the bold, bright and beautiful covers being sold on the streets this July.
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INSP Vendor Playlist: Freedom Odaro (Marie, Kennelbach, Austria)
This year we asked vendors: if you could give a song as a present this Christmas, what would you choose? The result was the INSP Vendor Playlist, which is now available for your listening pleasure. For Freedom, a Marie vendor, “an African beat makes me forget my worries”.