Hairdresser Junior Kilembe pulls out a new ‘Gillette’ from a pack, the brand name commonly used to refer to razors, for a new customer at his makeshift hair salon on a dusty sidewalk of Kinshasa. Like others operating such street stalls, his livelihood is precarious. "I would like the government and our authorities to support me in my endeavours," he says. "I lack the means but I love my job." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES