Two women in traditional Ghanaian clothing smiling and posing for a photo on a city sidewalk, capturing Afro-minimalism.
Dozens of young snappers have seized on a government decision in 2022 to lift restrictions on photography in the central business district and promote the creative economy. Police officers are now keeping an eye out for would-be equipment thieves — and no longer moving photographers on. The colourful streets are also teeming with teenage TikTokers, whose cameras capture their hypnotic routines to the bass beats of arbantone, a popular Kenyan music genre.