Lamine (Montero / Top Manta representative)

And that created many demonstrations because the police version was unbelievable.

We didn't have a voice.

Nobody cared about our situation.

And nobody knew it either, because you only heard the police's voice, the media's voice, the politicians' voice.

And these three voices didn't speak well about us.

And this union, it represents... The union is an organization of people, mostly from Senegal.

Monteros who have been selling on the street for a long time.

That's why when we founded the union, we started giving talks at universities, schools, and events with activists.

We were invited to many places.

We were enraged.

We had a desire to launch this brand, to have our own products.

It was also a challenge to show society that the person you see on the street doesn't just know how to sell and run away from the police.

We wanted to show that we can participate in the development of society, that we're capable of doing big things.

With the money we have from the union, we bought 15 t-shirts.

We told an artist comrade here how we wanted our logo, what characteristics it had to have.

We got many drafts and finally we chose a logo that represents us.

We've always said that the brand's logo must be something that represents us.

That's why we chose a boat and a blanket.

10 euros.

And we sold all five shirts for 10 euros each.