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Hunting the Wild Banksy in Africa

melfeasance says:

Most of us around here are quite familiar with the things Banksy did with an African theme...

...but how many of us knew he was physically in Africa doing graffiti? Not many - until we saw what he did there in the drawings and photos now on display in the recreated studio part of his exhibition Banksy Versus Bristol Museum.

Of the above photo, Olly C says:

I've seen this one in the flesh. Its in the suburbs of Bamako in Mali, West Africa. Banksy was there about 4-5 months ago. Sadly this has been partially painted over, Peaches Geldoff is no more and somebody has added a flower to the collection tin. There's also a few local tags scribbled on the same wall.

There are a handful in Mali, stretching from Bamako to Timbuktu. Their locations are still unpublicised as far as I can tell.

s.butterfly

If you have any more information about his trip to Africa, or have photos of work he did there, please share it with us. Cheers.

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Originally posted at 8:39AM, 24 June 2009 PDT (permalink)
melfeasance edited this topic 36 months ago.

	ray182 says: id love to see these in better quality too!! i'm surprised these didn't make it onto bbc news!!! or even news papers didn't get hold of these Posted 36 months ago. (permalink)
	melfeasance says: the media find out about Banksy on the Internet and are often months behind Originally posted 36 months ago. (permalink) melfeasance edited this topic 36 months ago.
	ray182 says: The Scenic Sidewalk: Street Art in Africa "Timbuktu, Mali January 2009" . Originally posted 36 months ago. (permalink) melfeasance edited this topic 36 months ago.
	melfeasance says: unusualimage Posted 36 months ago. (permalink)
	shell shock says: love the story that is linked to above (The Scenic Sidewalk: Street Art in Africa- "Timbuktu, Mali January 2009") Made me laugh. banksy can't even go to Timbuktu without getting on the internet soon after.... Posted 36 months ago. (permalink)
	ray182 says: it took long enough for it to come to our attention though!! makes me wonder if there's any other things done out that that we don't know about Posted 36 months ago. (permalink)
	Lusername says: Has anyone been to Machu Picchu recently :-) Posted 36 months ago. (permalink)
	eddiedangerous says: he has just done a new african themed piece on old street (the original home of the pupl fiction series), two african kids holding empty banana skins!! Posted 36 months ago. (permalink)
	melfeasance says: discussion of the new African themed piece on Old Street resumes here Posted 36 months ago. (permalink)
	melfeasance says: . eddiedangerous double_helix_ . Originally posted 36 months ago. (permalink) melfeasance edited this topic 36 months ago.
	ray182 says: i like these!! i dont see the witty side to some of them so unless im missing it he just did some straight out class african themed stencils :-) from above, 2nd 3rd and 5th ones Originally posted 36 months ago. (permalink) ray182 edited this topic 36 months ago.
	melfeasance says: From Banksy's website: www.banksy.co.uk/ Posted 35 months ago. (permalink)
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