“Uwunguruza abantu n’ikinga”在布隆迪（非洲国家）方言中的意思是“自行车出租司机。”在这个东非小国的首都布琼布拉——自行车骑手负责运输一切，从乘客、大串大串的香蕉、甘蔗到砖头和到卧室家具。

In 2013, German photographer Stephan Würth took a two-day road trip around the hilly country, snapping images on his iPhone of these ubiquitous “bike taxi-men.” He documented how “the bicycle has become an integral part of [Burundian] citizens’ daily survival,” as Joseph Akel writes in Ikinga, a new book of Würth’s photographs. In a country the IMF ranks as one of the poorest in the world — the average annual income is below $300 — many Burundians rely on bicycles as a means of supporting themselves.

2013年，德国摄影师史蒂芬·伍尔特在这个山城进行了一次为期两天的公路旅行，用他的苹果手机拍下了这些无所不在的“自行车出租司机”的照片。他记录了“自行车如何成为[布隆迪]公民日常生存的组成部分”，约瑟夫·阿克勒在伍尔特新的摄影集中如是写道。布隆迪是国际货币基金组织列表中世界上最贫穷的国家之一，其平均年收入低于300美元。很多布隆迪人把自行车作为谋生手段。

非洲的出租车竟长这样！看完哭到不行

“While the history of Burundi and its legacy of civil war and ethnic conflict cannot be ignored, Würth’s photographs, far from eschewing this legacy, offer new insights into how the nation strives to overcome its past by presenting a unique glimpse into life there today,” Akel writes. “The bicycle has become a potent symbol of how that change is playing out … Indeed, the bicycle in Burundian culture has, in many ways, come to stand in for the resilience and the ingenuity of its people.” In these candid images, a smiling young mother with her baby strapped to her back rides sidesaddle on a bike-taxi; a bike’s handlebars are decorated with stripy knitted fabrics, tassels, and reflectors; and a group of boys on bikes cling to the bumper of a fuel truck, hitching a ride.

“虽然布隆迪的历史以及内战和种族冲突的遗留影响无法被忽略，但伍尔特的照片没有避开了这些，通过呈现布隆迪独一无二的现代生活景象，给人们一个新视野了解这个民族如何努力克服过去。”阿克勒写道。“自行车变成了布隆迪发生变化的有力象征…确实，自行车在布隆迪文化中从多方面代表了布隆迪人民的毅力和聪明才智。”这些朴素照片中，一位年轻的妈妈充满微笑，将自己的宝宝放在一辆自行车出租车后座上；自行车的手柄上装饰着彩带、流苏和反光镜；自行车上一群男孩子手抱着油罐车的保险杠，搭个便车。