Moreover, it affected Women's cloth traders and consumers. This impacts A shift in the market and lower prices for textiles. On the other hand, it has also opened doors for many poorer women to have more accessibility to produce and sell Cloth to care for their families. Fire signals intervention, power, and manipulation." It is a statement that refers to the market of the fires in Togo, West Africa; it was later found that these fires were often not accidental but rather a form of political manipulation and intervention. The Togolese government and other powerful entities used these fires to control the market to manipulate economic conditions, abusing their power. "it is a horrible tragedy," one trader said. Imagine, some woman had just stocked up on goods, and all their money was in it and, then just like that overnight, it has gone! What are they going to do?". (Patterns In Circulation Chapter 5pg 165). The fires were a tool to displace traders, particularly women, and restructure the market to benefit those in power. The impact on women traders has been significant. Women are the primary traders in these markets, and the fires have resulted in loss of livelihood for