A young man hauls his bicycle on Debrezeit Road in Rechie, stacked with goods beneath a metal basin, up steep stairs. What was once served as a vehicle used to exercise, are now cleverly repurposed by men into a roaming storefront, proof of how necessity and ingenuity collide on Addis Abeba’s streets. As the city makes way for bicycle riders, youngsters find new ways to participate in the trade economy.

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