Top street art in Ouagadougou

Map of street art in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

The capital of Burkina Faso carries two murals signed Jinks Kunst, whose titles state their local anchoring: Djiguène & Goor, meaning woman and man in Wolof, and The Man with the Vespa.

That second subject, an Italian scooter turned emblem of West African urban mobility, illustrates well what mural painting documents here: not an ancient heritage but the daily life of a capital of three million people, where two wheels hold the street.

West Africa saw its urban art scene take shape in the 2010s, with festivals in Senegal, Benin and Burkina Faso, and a generation of painters circulating between the region's capitals. Walls there readily carry social or public health messages, in cities where public display space is scarce and wall space abundant.

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