Many African photographers have sought to indicate an ‘everyday’ element in their work. They aim to show nothing of the sensational, especially if the photographs are of places or people historically pictured in a stereotypical manner. Their everyday scenes focus on the usual rhythms of life, what might even be

I was walking down the street to thrift a few shirts. I heard the sound of a loud truck as it emitted smoke that clouded the street. This stranger was walking up to where I was coming from and I had just a few seconds to lift up my camera, press the shutter,