Oussmane hosts a radio show on Congolese music every Friday on Pamodja FM. He is bilingual and translates the French lyrics for his listeners as the songs are very popular in English-speaking Kenya. T...

Ericka in her living room with her one year old daughter, Angel. Ericka works for a foreign company and carries out financial analysis for them. She also owns a small beauty product company that she h...

A man stands beside an escalator on the ground floor of the Loita Building, a business centre where many Kenyan and foreign companies have their offices.

Adult evening classes in logistics run by a private university. Participants come straight from work. Pupils are often white collar workers in Kenyan companies and want to have more responsibility at...

A lawyer's office.

Twoo boys play with car tyres outside a group of apartment buildings in the suburb of Ambakasi, near Nairobi airport.

Bilikiss Adebiyi (in the middle, with plaits), director of Wecyclers, plays tug-of-war with other mothers at the birthday party of a friend of her daughter, in the suburbs of Lagos.

Portraits of Bilikiss Adebiyi's (director of Wecyclers) brothers and sisters, on her parent's sofa. They all studied at university in England or the United States. Their middle class parents made impo...

The director of recycling firm Wecyclers, Bilikiss Adebiyi's two daughters play in the family living room in the evening after school. 'Later on I'll go to Harvard' says the youngest, who is seven.

A man in a creme coloured suit stands on a street corner in the black middle class suburb of Cresta.

A gardener who has finished his work in one of the middle class homes in the upmarket Munro Drive neighbourhood takes his shopping to a bus stop nearby to head back home into one of the poorer neighbo...

A mother prepares food for her children after her daughter returns from school in the black middle class suburb of Cresta. Her husband, a Zimbabwean, is employed in an IT company.

Two chefs and kitchen porters in "Chez Li" Chinese restaurant in Cydrildene. Johannesburg doesn't have very many Chinese restaurants yet but they are becoming more frequent and popular among the Black...

A villa in Melville, one of the few middle class suburbs of Johannesburg where black and white middle class families live side by side.

The large refigerated meat section in the "Pick n Pay" shopping centre in Melville, a middle class suburb of Johannesburg where, unusually, black and white middle class families live side by side.

An elderly white woman asks a younger black woman in a supermarketin Melville: "Do you know where the potatoes are, madame." She responds "Behind you". Melville is one of the few middle class suburbs...

Cars queue for the KFC drive in take away restaurant in Kensington, traditionally a middle class neighbourhood.

"I'm not a cheese boy" - a quote from Welcome, a resident of Vosloorus, a poor neighbourhood in southwestern Johannesburg. Welcome works as a manager in a large company. "Cheese Boy" is slang for thos...

Four student friends enjoy a meal at a KFC restaurant on a Saturday before going out for the evening in Melville, a middle class suburb of Johannesburg where, unusually, black and white middle class f...

A man eats his meal he has just bought from the KFC drive-in in his car in Kensington, traditionally a middle class neighbourhood.

A map of the route taken by Joan Bardeletti over one month while producing his study of South Africa's growing black middle class.

A family has lunch in a restaurant in Melville, a middle class suburb of Johannesburg which, unusually, is home to both black and white middle class families. The man on the right is a businessman fro...

Young girls prepare for school in the living room of their makeshift shack. The older daughter volunteers in the Khan Ahmar school with dreams of pursuing an education but has no access to transportat...

Youths in a class in a school at Zaatari Refugee Camp. Many of the camp’s residents dream of a better life in Europe, and during the second half of 2015 the number of people leaving the camp, to try...

Children in a class at school in Zaatari Refugee Camp. Many of the camp’s residents dream of a better life in Europe, and during the second half of 2015 the number of people leaving the camp, to try...

A woman wearing earings in the shape of the African continent.

Talal Louai, 11, packs charcoal into two kilo bags at a coal shop in Bebnine. Talal is from Homs (Syria) and was smuggled by car to Lebanon in May 2013 with his family, they live in a tented settlemen...

Talal Louai, 11, (left) and Anas Ezza, 12, sort vegetables at a grocer's store in Bebnine. Talal is from Homs (Syria) and was smuggled by car to Lebanon in May 2013 with his family, they live in a ten...

Children from IDP families gather for an informal English class in a room in the unfinished building where they are living. The building is part of a development called Dabin City and its huge tower b...

The Samuel family's house and front yard crowded with illuminated Christmas decorative figures. They have the most decorations in the neighbourhood. Nankee Samuel, originally from Trinidad, started th...

A couple from the countryside moves into their apartment in a 'replacement' housing estate. In a move to increase the size of the middle class and boost demand, the government intends to move 100 mill...

A woman wears a mask to avoid breathing in pollution caused by large scale construction projects nearby. In a move to increase the size of the middle class and boost demand, the government intends to...

A woman takes part in Guang chang wu or 'public space dance' with other local residents in a 'replacement' housing estate for farmers who have lost their land. In a move to increase the size of...

Residents take part in Guang chang wu or 'public space dance' in a 'replacement' housing estate. In a move to increase the size of the middle class and boost demand, the government intends to m...

Sheep graze near a modern building in Hebei province. More and more farmland is being cleared and turned into new 'replacement' housing estates for farmers who have been moved from their land. In a mo...

A man walks across the courtyard of a new 'replacement' housing estate built to compensate farmers who have lost their land to new developments. In a move to increase the size of the middle class and...

A concrete foundation dries in the middle of a large building site where a new 'replacement' housing estate is being built. In a move to increase the size of the middle class and boost demand, the gov...

A group of former farmers shop at their 'replacement' housing estate. The government intends to break the farmer's cycle of growing their own food to focus on consumption. In a move to increase the si...

Workers walk on a road running through a new housing developement that is being built on top of reclaimed farmland. In a move to increase the size of the middle class and boost demand, the government...

Estate agents working for property developers wait for clients in front of a commercial residential blocks built over recently cleared farmland. In a move to increase the size of the middle class and...

A construction worker demolishes older houses to reclaim building materials for a new development. In a move to increase the size of the middle class and boost demand, the government intends to move 1...

A new housing development in Hebei province. In a move to increase the size of the middle class and boost demand, the government intends to move 100 million people from the countryside into cities by...

A 66 year old sheep farmer herds his sheep near his farm. He says that he dreads moving into an apartment because of the lack of food security his new life will mean for him. In a move to increase the...

A couple who are moving into new 'relocation' housing greet their former village neighbours. In a move to increase the size of the middle class and boost demand, the government intends to move 100 mil...

The construction site of a 'replacement' housing block which will be gifted to farmers that have been moved off their land to make way for urban expansion. In a move to increase the size of the middle...

A woman walks her granddaughter on a lawn in front of their 'replacement' housing estate built on former farmland. In a move to increase the size of the middle class and boost demand, the government i...

Former farmers enjoy their leisure on a park bench amidst new housing blocks into which they have been moved after losing their land to new housing developments built by private contractors on behalf...

The circular Ponte City tower is an icon of the Johannesburg skyline. For many years it symbolised the inner city's decline as it was overrun by gangs and crime. Now, with investment coming back in, a...

A family play in the shallow waters of Takwa Bay, one of the many beaches in Lagos.

The checkouts at a Shoprite branch at The Palms Mall on the Lekki Peninsular.

A woman out shopping stops to examine the breakfast cereals on offer at a Shoprite branch at The Palms Mall on the Lekki Peninsular.

An enormous telecoms advertisement on the side of a Shoprite branch at The Palms mall on the Lekki Peninsular.

Doctor Amy Demissew, a returnee migrant, stands beside the toilet in her reonovated home.

A man checks his smart phone while out shopping with his daughter at the Ambiance Mall, Saket.

A group of young women enjoying a drink, served by a 'Mzungu' waiter, at the newly opened Caramel Restaurant and Lounge, an upmarket establishment opened by Dubai's Caramel Group. Nairobi's restaurant...

A group of young women enjoying a drink, served by a 'Mzungu' waiter, at the newly opened Caramel Restaurant and Lounge, an upmarket establishment opened by Dubai's Caramel Group. Nairobi's restaurant...

A couple are served by a 'Mzungu' waiter, at the newly opened Caramel Restaurant and Lounge, an upmarket establishment opened by Dubai's Caramel Group. Nairobi's restaurant scene has seen the recent a...

A Tata Motors salesperson explains the features of the new Nano Twist car to a young family at a Tata Motors showroom.

A Tata Motors salesperson explains the features of the new Nano Twist car to a couple at a Tata Motors showroom.

A young, middle-class family, try out the new Nano Twist car in a Tata Motors showroom.

A Tata Motors salesperson explains the features of the new Nano Twist car to a young woman at a Tata Motors showroom.

A young professional drives his new Nano Twist car in the midst of Mumbai traffic.

A young professional drives his new Nano Twist car in the midst of Mumbai traffic.

A young professional drives his new Nano Twist car in the midst of Mumbai traffic.

Syrian refugees Cidra, left, 6, and Ilaf, 6, attend a class at a primary school in Kawergosk refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan. While primary school age children are able to attend class, there are no s...

Syrian children play during a break at a school in Kawergosk refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan. While primary school age children are able to attend class, there are no secondary schools in Kawergosk. T...

Adham plays on the roof of a building. He fled the war in Syria with his family and they now live in Amman. He comes from a middle class family and dreamt of becoming a pilot, a realistic ambition. Ho...

Men feed donkeys in the old city of Sana'a surrounded old buildings.

Palestinians demonstrate in Gaza City in support of Hamas after the Islamist group won the 2006 election.

A palestinian hamas militant takes positions at night in the outskirts of Gaza during fighting with the Israeli army in 2006.

A veiled woman checks the hair of a girl during a weekly ballet class in a Ballet Studio in Sana'a. Another girl in a tutu stands and watches.

People gather at a distribution point for clothes and blankets donated by Lebanese civilians in a refugee camp for Syrian refugees in the Bekaa (Beqaa) Valley in Lebanon. Since the beginning of the ci...

Children sit in front of a makeshift shelter in a refugee camp for Syrian refugees in the Bekaa (Beqaa) Valley in Lebanon. Since the beginning of the civil war in Syria, some 880,000 Syrians have fled...

An elderly man walks past makeshift shelters in a refugee camp for Syrian refugees in the Bekaa (Beqaa) Valley in Lebanon. Since the beginning of the civil war in Syria, some 880,000 Syrians have fled...

A man builds a shelter out of breeze blocks in a refugee camp for Syrian refugees in the Bekaa (Beqaa) Valley in Lebanon. Since the beginning of the civil war in Syria, some 880,000 Syrians have fled...

A street scene in the Palestinian refugee camp of Shatila (Chatila) where Syrian refugees from the Syrian civil war have found refuge. The camp was set up in 1949 to accommodate Palestinian refugees f...

A woman stands outside a temporary shelter with her two sons in a refugee camp for Syrian refugees in the Bekaa (Beqaa) Valley in Lebanon. Since the beginning of the civil war in Syria, some 880,000 S...

A woman walks across a muddy path past a young boy in a refugee camp for Syrian refugees in the Bekaa (Beqaa) Valley in Lebanon. Since the beginning of the civil war in Syria, some 880,000 Syrians hav...

A chain of volunteers pass along bags of donnated clothes and blankets at an outdoor collection point in Beirut. The campaign 'I Am Not A Tourist' was set up by Tanya Khalil, a student at the theatre...

Volunteers sort though bags of donnated clothes and blankets at an outdoor collection point in Beirut. The campaign 'I Am Not A Tourist' was set up by Tanya Khalil, a student at the theatre academy in...

The muddy feet and sandals of a young boy in a refugee camp for Syrian refugees in the Bekaa (Beqaa) Valley in Lebanon. Since the beginning of the civil war in Syria, some 880,000 Syrians have fled to...

A young girls stands next to a motorcycle in front of a makeshift shelter in a refugee camp for Syrians in the Bekaa (Beqaa) Valley in Lebanon. Next to the shelter a goat is tethered to a stone. Since...

A volunteer sorts through bags of donnated clothes and blankets at an outdoor collection point in Beirut. The campaign 'I Am Not A Tourist' was set up by Tanya Khalil, a student at the theatre academy...

A volunteer sorts through bags of donnated clothes and blankets at an outdoor collection point in Beirut. The campaign 'I Am Not A Tourist' was set up by Tanya Khalil, a student at the theatre academy...

28 year old Perpetna Chetse Chiimba shopping in a SPAR supermarket, in the upmarket Sam-Levy's shopping complex, with her daughter Rutendo Chetse Chiimba, (7). Chetse Chiimba works in an estate agency...

People shop in a SPAR supermarket in Sam-Levy's Village an upmarket shopping complex.

A man in a suit reading the business section of a newspaper.

A wedding reception taking place in Medan, Indonesia's 3rd largest city, is a bustling metropolis fueled by the profits from Oil Palm revenue and benefiting from geographical proximity to neighbouring...

Staff in a patisserie help a customer chose a cake. Medan, Indonesia's 3rd largest city, is a bustling metropolis fueled by the profits from Oil Palm revenue and benefiting from geographical proximity...

A couple tries out a new Renault vehicle at the showroom.