TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY XAVIER BOURGOIS

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY XAVIER BOURGOIS Daniel Minkoh (R) poses with his family and his buisness partener in Libreville on November 16, 2011. Daniel Minkoh flashes a smile as he stands by his wife and three kids, proud of his middle-class status in the west African state of Gabon. "Of course I consider myself middle class," the 33-year-old transport logistics worker says. "I earn a civil servant's salary, and I became a homeowner 10 years ago." AFP PHOTO / XAVIER BOURGOIS (Photo credit should read XAVIER BOURGOIS/AFP via Getty Images)