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Angola 2008 (30 images)

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  • Resident of shantytown located in the rear end of Roque Santeiro market, a decade ago the biggest open air market in Africa. The market had a vital role in the Angolan economy during the civil war and years of communist planned economy. Authorities want to remove the market to a location 50 kilometers away to replace it with a high end condominium.

  • Kuduro star Sebem at his home in Luanda. Kuduro, originaly a rhythm from the gueto, is the most popular music with young Angolans

  • Girls leave their home in a street flooded with raw sewage in Marçal, one of Luanda biggest shantytowns

  • School for street kids at Roque Santeiro market offered by Centro Dom Bosco, a school and social services complex ran by Salesian priests in Sambizanga neighborhood, on the edge of Roque Santeiro market, in Luanda

  • Skyline of the Cidade Baixa in Luanda, the oldest part of Angola's capital, a city undergoing massive redevelopment

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