Visual fragments of Kinshasa.

The recent transformation of the urban landscape of Kinshasa is documented by the Belgian photographer Marie-Françoise Plissart whose images capture the palpable manifestation of a rapidly decomposing city, its urban landscape, and the lives of those whose existence has been irrevocably altered by forces outside their immediate control. The images captured by Marie-Francoise Plissart in Kinshasa resonate with those also found in Lagos, Johannesburg, Addis Ababa and Maputo as well as many postcolonial cities of Africa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]