Kenya: Graffiti Art Spreads All Over Nairobi

TICAH (Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health) created a wonderful initiative a few years back when they launched Dream Cona at Uhuru Garden and invited local artists to come to create communal artworks that proved how well visual artists can create collectively.

A few weekends ago, TICAH assembled more young local artists to create murals on another long tall wall, this time in Muthurwa not far from the Railways. Initially, the new initiative was said to be 'launching' a graffiti art movement which made me wince. Graffiti art has been around for more than a decade, with British Council's 'WAPI?' program being one of the first major venues where many now well-established graffiti artists got their start and inspiration.

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