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Goma, 2009

They look like scooters out of the Flinstones era. But the "chukudu" is in fact an ingeniously designed means of transport, just as typical for the mountainous are of Eastern Congo as the Yellow Cabs are for New York. In other parts of the Congo, and the world, they don"t exist. The name of the vehicle is an onomatopoeia for the noise it makes when its wooden wheels of the funny vehicle brave the lava-rock ridden roads of Goma: Chu-Ku-Du, Chu-Ku-Du. Chukudus can carry heavy loads, up to 600 kg, and are the work horses of town. Even the local authorities recognize the importance of the chukudu and its part of local culture an identity. Not only souvenir shops sell mini chukudus, but in the center of town, a golden plated statue made by local artist Nkay Nkash has been erected to honor the unique wooden scooter. — DR Congo

  • © Teun Voeten
chukudu art design

Goma, 2009

They look like scooters out of the Flinstones era. But the "chukudu" is in fact an ingeniously designed means of transport, just as typical for the mountainous are of Eastern Congo as the Yellow Cabs are for New York. In other parts of the Congo, and the world, they don"t exist. The name of the vehicle is an onomatopoeia for the noise it makes when its wooden wheels of the funny vehicle brave the lava-rock ridden roads of Goma: Chu-Ku-Du, Chu-Ku-Du. Chukudus can carry heavy loads, up to 600 kg, and are the work horses of town. Even the local authorities recognize the importance of the chukudu and its part of local culture an identity. Not only souvenir shops sell mini chukudus, but in the center of town, a golden plated statue made by local artist Nkay Nkash has been erected to honor the unique wooden scooter. — DR Congo

  • © Teun Voeten
chukudu art design

Goma, 2009

They look like scooters out of the Flinstones era. But the "chukudu" is in fact an ingeniously designed means of transport, just as typical for the mountainous are of Eastern Congo as the Yellow Cabs are for New York. In other parts of the Congo, and the world, they don"t exist. The name of the vehicle is an onomatopoeia for the noise it makes when its wooden wheels of the funny vehicle brave the lava-rock ridden roads of Goma: Chu-Ku-Du, Chu-Ku-Du. Chukudus can carry heavy loads, up to 600 kg, and are the work horses of town. Even the local authorities recognize the importance of the chukudu and its part of local culture an identity. Not only souvenir shops sell mini chukudus, but in the center of town, a golden plated statue made by local artist Nkay Nkash has been erected to honor the unique wooden scooter. — DR Congo

  • © Teun Voeten
chukudu art design

Goma, 2009

They look like scooters out of the Flinstones era. But the "chukudu" is in fact an ingeniously designed means of transport, just as typical for the mountainous are of Eastern Congo as the Yellow Cabs are for New York. In other parts of the Congo, and the world, they don"t exist. The name of the vehicle is an onomatopoeia for the noise it makes when its wooden wheels of the funny vehicle brave the lava-rock ridden roads of Goma: Chu-Ku-Du, Chu-Ku-Du. Chukudus can carry heavy loads, up to 600 kg, and are the work horses of town. Even the local authorities recognize the importance of the chukudu and its part of local culture an identity. Not only souvenir shops sell mini chukudus, but in the center of town, a golden plated statue made by local artist Nkay Nkash has been erected to honor the unique wooden scooter. — DR Congo

  • © Teun Voeten
chukudu art design

Goma, 2009

They look like scooters out of the Flinstones era. But the "chukudu" is in fact an ingeniously designed means of transport, just as typical for the mountainous are of Eastern Congo as the Yellow Cabs are for New York. In other parts of the Congo, and the world, they don"t exist. The name of the vehicle is an onomatopoeia for the noise it makes when its wooden wheels of the funny vehicle brave the lava-rock ridden roads of Goma: Chu-Ku-Du, Chu-Ku-Du. Chukudus can carry heavy loads, up to 600 kg, and are the work horses of town. Even the local authorities recognize the importance of the chukudu and its part of local culture an identity. Not only souvenir shops sell mini chukudus, but in the center of town, a golden plated statue made by local artist Nkay Nkash has been erected to honor the unique wooden scooter. — DR Congo

  • © Teun Voeten
chukudu art design

Goma, 2009

They look like scooters out of the Flinstones era. But the "chukudu" is in fact an ingeniously designed means of transport, just as typical for the mountainous are of Eastern Congo as the Yellow Cabs are for New York. In other parts of the Congo, and the world, they don"t exist. The name of the vehicle is an onomatopoeia for the noise it makes when its wooden wheels of the funny vehicle brave the lava-rock ridden roads of Goma: Chu-Ku-Du, Chu-Ku-Du. Chukudus can carry heavy loads, up to 600 kg, and are the work horses of town. Even the local authorities recognize the importance of the chukudu and its part of local culture an identity. Not only souvenir shops sell mini chukudus, but in the center of town, a golden plated statue made by local artist Nkay Nkash has been erected to honor the unique wooden scooter. — DR Congo

  • © Teun Voeten
chukudu art design

Goma, 2009

They look like scooters out of the Flinstones era. But the "chukudu" is in fact an ingeniously designed means of transport, just as typical for the mountainous are of Eastern Congo as the Yellow Cabs are for New York. In other parts of the Congo, and the world, they don"t exist. The name of the vehicle is an onomatopoeia for the noise it makes when its wooden wheels of the funny vehicle brave the lava-rock ridden roads of Goma: Chu-Ku-Du, Chu-Ku-Du. Chukudus can carry heavy loads, up to 600 kg, and are the work horses of town. Even the local authorities recognize the importance of the chukudu and its part of local culture an identity. Not only souvenir shops sell mini chukudus, but in the center of town, a golden plated statue made by local artist Nkay Nkash has been erected to honor the unique wooden scooter. — DR Congo

  • © Teun Voeten
chukudu art design

Goma, 2009

They look like scooters out of the Flinstones era. But the "chukudu" is in fact an ingeniously designed means of transport, just as typical for the mountainous are of Eastern Congo as the Yellow Cabs are for New York. In other parts of the Congo, and the world, they don"t exist. The name of the vehicle is an onomatopoeia for the noise it makes when its wooden wheels of the funny vehicle brave the lava-rock ridden roads of Goma: Chu-Ku-Du, Chu-Ku-Du. Chukudus can carry heavy loads, up to 600 kg, and are the work horses of town. Even the local authorities recognize the importance of the chukudu and its part of local culture an identity. Not only souvenir shops sell mini chukudus, but in the center of town, a golden plated statue made by local artist Nkay Nkash has been erected to honor the unique wooden scooter. — DR Congo

  • © Teun Voeten
chukudu art design

Goma, 2009

They look like scooters out of the Flinstones era. But the "chukudu" is in fact an ingeniously designed means of transport, just as typical for the mountainous are of Eastern Congo as the Yellow Cabs are for New York. In other parts of the Congo, and the world, they don"t exist. The name of the vehicle is an onomatopoeia for the noise it makes when its wooden wheels of the funny vehicle brave the lava-rock ridden roads of Goma: Chu-Ku-Du, Chu-Ku-Du. Chukudus can carry heavy loads, up to 600 kg, and are the work horses of town. Even the local authorities recognize the importance of the chukudu and its part of local culture an identity. Not only souvenir shops sell mini chukudus, but in the center of town, a golden plated statue made by local artist Nkay Nkash has been erected to honor the unique wooden scooter. — DR Congo

  • © Teun Voeten
chukudu art design

Goma, 2009

They look like scooters out of the Flinstones era. But the "chukudu" is in fact an ingeniously designed means of transport, just as typical for the mountainous are of Eastern Congo as the Yellow Cabs are for New York. In other parts of the Congo, and the world, they don"t exist. The name of the vehicle is an onomatopoeia for the noise it makes when its wooden wheels of the funny vehicle brave the lava-rock ridden roads of Goma: Chu-Ku-Du, Chu-Ku-Du. Chukudus can carry heavy loads, up to 600 kg, and are the work horses of town. Even the local authorities recognize the importance of the chukudu and its part of local culture an identity. Not only souvenir shops sell mini chukudus, but in the center of town, a golden plated statue made by local artist Nkay Nkash has been erected to honor the unique wooden scooter. — DR Congo

  • © Teun Voeten
chukudu art design

Goma, 2009

They look like scooters out of the Flinstones era. But the "chukudu" is in fact an ingeniously designed means of transport, just as typical for the mountainous are of Eastern Congo as the Yellow Cabs are for New York. In other parts of the Congo, and the world, they don"t exist. The name of the vehicle is an onomatopoeia for the noise it makes when its wooden wheels of the funny vehicle brave the lava-rock ridden roads of Goma: Chu-Ku-Du, Chu-Ku-Du. Chukudus can carry heavy loads, up to 600 kg, and are the work horses of town. Even the local authorities recognize the importance of the chukudu and its part of local culture an identity. Not only souvenir shops sell mini chukudus, but in the center of town, a golden plated statue made by local artist Nkay Nkash has been erected to honor the unique wooden scooter. — DR Congo

  • © Teun Voeten
chukudu art design

Goma, 2009

They look like scooters out of the Flinstones era. But the "chukudu" is in fact an ingeniously designed means of transport, just as typical for the mountainous are of Eastern Congo as the Yellow Cabs are for New York. In other parts of the Congo, and the world, they don"t exist. The name of the vehicle is an onomatopoeia for the noise it makes when its wooden wheels of the funny vehicle brave the lava-rock ridden roads of Goma: Chu-Ku-Du, Chu-Ku-Du. Chukudus can carry heavy loads, up to 600 kg, and are the work horses of town. Even the local authorities recognize the importance of the chukudu and its part of local culture an identity. Not only souvenir shops sell mini chukudus, but in the center of town, a golden plated statue made by local artist Nkay Nkash has been erected to honor the unique wooden scooter. — DR Congo

  • © Teun Voeten
chukudu art design

Goma, 2009

They look like scooters out of the Flinstones era. But the "chukudu" is in fact an ingeniously designed means of transport, just as typical for the mountainous are of Eastern Congo as the Yellow Cabs are for New York. In other parts of the Congo, and the world, they don"t exist. The name of the vehicle is an onomatopoeia for the noise it makes when its wooden wheels of the funny vehicle brave the lava-rock ridden roads of Goma: Chu-Ku-Du, Chu-Ku-Du. Chukudus can carry heavy loads, up to 600 kg, and are the work horses of town. Even the local authorities recognize the importance of the chukudu and its part of local culture an identity. Not only souvenir shops sell mini chukudus, but in the center of town, a golden plated statue made by local artist Nkay Nkash has been erected to honor the unique wooden scooter. — DR Congo

  • © Teun Voeten
chukudu art design

Goma, 2009

They look like scooters out of the Flinstones era. But the "chukudu" is in fact an ingeniously designed means of transport, just as typical for the mountainous are of Eastern Congo as the Yellow Cabs are for New York. In other parts of the Congo, and the world, they don"t exist. The name of the vehicle is an onomatopoeia for the noise it makes when its wooden wheels of the funny vehicle brave the lava-rock ridden roads of Goma: Chu-Ku-Du, Chu-Ku-Du. Chukudus can carry heavy loads, up to 600 kg, and are the work horses of town. Even the local authorities recognize the importance of the chukudu and its part of local culture an identity. Not only souvenir shops sell mini chukudus, but in the center of town, a golden plated statue made by local artist Nkay Nkash has been erected to honor the unique wooden scooter. — DR Congo

  • © Teun Voeten
chukudu art design

Goma, 2009

They look like scooters out of the Flinstones era. But the "chukudu" is in fact an ingeniously designed means of transport, just as typical for the mountainous are of Eastern Congo as the Yellow Cabs are for New York. In other parts of the Congo, and the world, they don"t exist. The name of the vehicle is an onomatopoeia for the noise it makes when its wooden wheels of the funny vehicle brave the lava-rock ridden roads of Goma: Chu-Ku-Du, Chu-Ku-Du. Chukudus can carry heavy loads, up to 600 kg, and are the work horses of town. Even the local authorities recognize the importance of the chukudu and its part of local culture an identity. Not only souvenir shops sell mini chukudus, but in the center of town, a golden plated statue made by local artist Nkay Nkash has been erected to honor the unique wooden scooter. — DR Congo

  • © Teun Voeten
chukudu art design

Goma, 2009

They look like scooters out of the Flinstones era. But the "chukudu" is in fact an ingeniously designed means of transport, just as typical for the mountainous are of Eastern Congo as the Yellow Cabs are for New York. In other parts of the Congo, and the world, they don"t exist. The name of the vehicle is an onomatopoeia for the noise it makes when its wooden wheels of the funny vehicle brave the lava-rock ridden roads of Goma: Chu-Ku-Du, Chu-Ku-Du. Chukudus can carry heavy loads, up to 600 kg, and are the work horses of town. Even the local authorities recognize the importance of the chukudu and its part of local culture an identity. Not only souvenir shops sell mini chukudus, but in the center of town, a golden plated statue made by local artist Nkay Nkash has been erected to honor the unique wooden scooter. — DR Congo

  • © Teun Voeten
chukudu art design

Goma, 2009

They look like scooters out of the Flinstones era. But the "chukudu" is in fact an ingeniously designed means of transport, just as typical for the mountainous are of Eastern Congo as the Yellow Cabs are for New York. In other parts of the Congo, and the world, they don"t exist. The name of the vehicle is an onomatopoeia for the noise it makes when its wooden wheels of the funny vehicle brave the lava-rock ridden roads of Goma: Chu-Ku-Du, Chu-Ku-Du. Chukudus can carry heavy loads, up to 600 kg, and are the work horses of town. Even the local authorities recognize the importance of the chukudu and its part of local culture an identity. Not only souvenir shops sell mini chukudus, but in the center of town, a golden plated statue made by local artist Nkay Nkash has been erected to honor the unique wooden scooter. — DR Congo

  • © Teun Voeten
chukudu art design

Goma, 2009

They look like scooters out of the Flinstones era. But the "chukudu" is in fact an ingeniously designed means of transport, just as typical for the mountainous are of Eastern Congo as the Yellow Cabs are for New York. In other parts of the Congo, and the world, they don"t exist. The name of the vehicle is an onomatopoeia for the noise it makes when its wooden wheels of the funny vehicle brave the lava-rock ridden roads of Goma: Chu-Ku-Du, Chu-Ku-Du. Chukudus can carry heavy loads, up to 600 kg, and are the work horses of town. Even the local authorities recognize the importance of the chukudu and its part of local culture an identity. Not only souvenir shops sell mini chukudus, but in the center of town, a golden plated statue made by local artist Nkay Nkash has been erected to honor the unique wooden scooter. — DR Congo

  • © Teun Voeten
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As a regular contributor for design magazine such as DAMn and I.D, Voeten has a keen eye for art, design and pop culture, even in war zones. In Iraq, he recognized the esthetic value of the destroyed Saddam Hussein portraits. In the DR Congo, he was fascinated by the simple yet effective design of the chukudu, a wooden scooter made for transporting heavy loads in a hostile environment.

One of his first series, shot in 1989 is a documentary of Manhattan based street artist Konstantin Bokov.

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