More than half of the world's population now lives in cities, and the rapid growth of African metropolises reflects that trend. A Cologne exhibition documents that process with a focus on youth and artistry.
Car drivers honk, busses roar and merchants shout about the goods they're selling. It's everyday life at a bus station in Lagos, but the sounds of the Nigerian capital have now come to Cologne as part of the "Afropolis: City, Media, Art" exhibition hosted by the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum.
At Cologne's central library, Nigerian sound artist Emeka Ogboh has set up a speaker to bring Lagos and Cologne into acoustic dialogue.
"It's a melting pot of all kinds of sounds," Ogboh said. "In this bus park, you discover the multiculturalism and the economics of Lagos. It embodies what the city is all about."
Developing at lightning speed
The exhibition deals with the rapid pace of growth in the population of Africa's major cities, which can be up to four percent annually – the highest in the world, according to exhibition organizers. The cities of Cairo, Lagos, Nairobi, Kinshasa and Johannesburg are spotlighted in the exhibition…
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