"Excuse me, Sir. Would you like to buy a newspaper?"
Probably not, if my recent experience is correct. I've informally started my research for a paper about "What there is to read in Tete". I spent a morning walking the streets and popping into each and every shop to ask for reading material. Since some shops have quite a random selection of inventory, I just went ahead and asked no matter what I saw on the shelves. I was the weird white lady for sure that day! (I also had some personal shopping to do, so I asked repeatedly for an electric coffee grinder- I was pretty sure that it wouldn't be on sale, but you just never know!) An average visit to a shop went like this: -Good morning, I'm looking for something to read. Do you sell any books or magazines or newspapers? --No, check the shop over there, "Noticias" they have books. -Do you know other places I can look for reading material? Like a library or something? --I think there is a library, but I'm not sure where... There must be one, this is...