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"Uwunguruza abantu n’ikinga," in the Kurundi dialect of Burundi, means “bike taxi-man.” In the small East African country’s capital, Bujumbura, cyclists transport everything from human passengers to huge bundles of bananas and sugarcane to bricks and bedroom sets. “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。 | 
