Dutch photographer Lard Buurman (*1969) captures the African city as a site of permanent change and incessant encounter in his photographs. Life takes place on the streets here, and public and private spheres blend. A sidewalk inconspicuously becomes a family kitchen or is suddenly transformed into a shop. A traffic jam might mean delay for one and work and a lucrative income for the other. Metropolises in Africa are characterized by informai structures and the art of improvisation ; their colonial pasts have Ieft marks that continue into the present in the form of social inequality and bad governance. The images, which are the result of combining several snapshots into a single scene, enable the viewer to take in the vibrant urban space of these bustling cities.