Some would argue that middle class people do not exist in African countries while others would charge that you can’t really define them–that there’s the super rich and those whose livelihoods are precariously linked to the state, so there’s no real middle class in the conventional sense. But photographer Joan Bardeletti decided to start a project on this topic anyway. She’s set up a website, Classes Moyennes en Afrique, where to can see all the photographs taken in only two African countries: Cote d’Ivoire (picture above) and Kenya (below).
[HT: Scarlett Lion]
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Thank you! I’ve been looking for exactly this kind of work…
I wouldn’t say playing golf is exactly a middle class activity…
Excellent. I now regret not having done something on this myself. I once tried to do a package for the BBC on Angola’s middle class but the ed in question turned the offer down for a lack of ‘news values’.