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Congolese market provides fresh products for growing community

Congolese Supermarket owner Matundu Mbulu shows off cassava leaves at his store in Gainesville on Saturday, May 12. He grows the leaves himself at his farm in Sparta, Georgia, and said they are a staple in the Congolese diet. - photo by Layne Saliba

05162018 CONGO 4.JPG — Congolese Supermarket owner Matundu Mbulu shows off cassava leaves at his store in Gainesville on Saturday, May 12. He grows the leaves himself at his farm in Sparta, Georgia, and said they are a staple in the Congolese diet. - photo by Layne Saliba

Matundu Mbulu said he was faced with two options when he lost almost everything during the Great Recession in 2007. He could either give up or make the most of what he had left.