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Senegal's Sea Widows Are Well on Their Way to Financial Independence
In the last decade, thousands of young migrants have left Senegal on rickety fishing boats hoping to find work in Europe.
Senegal's Sea Widows Are Well on Their Way to Financial Independence
In the last decade, thousands of young migrants have left Senegal on rickety fishing boats hoping to find work in Europe. Many have died at sea, leaving behind a new class of women: the “sea widows,” as a local newspaper called them.
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