For many centuries, the ancient town of Carthage on the North African shore was nothing more than a forgotten cluster of ruins in the shadow of Tunis. But with the unstoppable urbanisation of Tunis – a phenomenon observed in the majority of metropolitan centres on the African continent –, its outskirts have pushed to Carthage and are now preparing for its last conquest.
The capital already houses today one quarter of the country’s population, in particular thanks to the continuing rural exodus. Sara, a young, hard-working woman from the rural Western part of Tunisia, arrived in Tunis as a student and eventually became a successful entrepreneur. Later, she convinced her brother Mohamed Ali to follow her and to settle in Tunis too, where opportunities are much more important than outside of the capital.
The picture is taken from the book project “Where are the leaves we cut?” about the growth of African cities.
