Guinean students study under the lights of the Conakry airport parking lot in June. Though they are dim, the lights are among the few in the electricity-starved capital that are sure to be on in the evening
According to U.N. data, the average Guinean consumes 89 kilowatt-hours per year — the equivalent to keeping a 60-watt light bulb burning for two months — while the typical American burns up about 158 times that much.
"I used to study by candlelight at home but that hurt my eyes. So I prefer to come here. We're used to it," says 18-year-old Mohamed Sharif, who sat under the fluorescent beam memorizing notes on the terrain of Mongolia for the geography portion of his college entrance test.
-Kids in Guinea study under airport lamps
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