MUSIC VENDOR

Photograph by J. C. McCall

The Street cart vendor with a mobile boombox wheels his cassette inventory down Ogui Road in Enugu. A vital component of the urban soundscape, music vendors broadcast music as they peddle their wares. Locally produced cassette tapes provide a snappy soundtrack for urban life in Nigeria. Some of the offerings are local bands and religious performers; others are bootleg copies of commercial tapes.