Fuck Racism (more or less my words)

Street art or grafitti is immensely popular in Copenhagen. I´m a great fan of the whole idea of how certain groups of the society express themselves often in a more abbrasive language and via channels which are not acceptable according to the legislation.

Grafitti is no way as near as popular in Tanzania, but I have stumbled over a few magnificient pieces, like this one in Bagamoyo, this piece in Kilwa Ruins and quite a few in Stone Town on Unguja. In general Africa offers an abundance of colorful ways of sending a message.

Some things have to be said in this way I suppose, or the message looses its power. Some things can only be said in this way because some people don´t have the access to other communication channels.

Sometimes it is just art on concrete (or lime stone).

Which makes me wonder:

Is grafitti a sign of a vibrant democracy?

Or is it a sign of bored youth?  

The Danish government does not treasure it, and while I took the photo of this one in a street on Amager, a cleaning unit was preparing to wash the writing on the wall down.

Well, by the way then there is knitting grafitti...fantastic!