Tanzania: Bukoba Boys Earn Hard Living With Bicycles

Dar es Salaam — EAGLE-eyed, Bashiru Rugakingira stands with his bicycle at a street junction, a vantage point in Bukoba town, waiting for a customer.

Suddenly he jumps on his bike and pedals off. He has seen a prospective passenger somewhere on the other side of the street and must get there first to beat his rivals.

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