Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa
In collaboration with The Mvula Trust and local and international artists, the mural wraps around the Usasazo Secondary School in the township of Khayelitsha. In the native language of Xhosa the word “Singamanzi” rolls aross the wall and translates to “We Are Water”. Homes and shacks are painted with simple rainwater catchment systems, schoolchildren are painted using water well, text bubbles with facts about water in South Africa and reasons why water is such a crucial resource. In Khayelitsha there are floods every winter and fires every summer, there is a huge lack of toilets, and hand washing stations, and the mural shows the community as it could be. We hope that it serves as an educational tool, not only the secondary students at this school but the primary students at the four school along the same road, and the rest of the community that will walk by.
Press
Article on MTN-world.com by Mike Bam
Viewer can find this mural below…
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Mural Name
Water Writes Cape Town, South Africa
Date Completed
January 27, 2013
Artists
Indigo
Mak1One
Fuzzy Slippers
Paul Senyol
Andrzej Urbanski
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Your tax deductible Annual Membership provides much needed support for arts education in Hawaiʻi.
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Help stage events surrounding our public mural unveilings.