Les Visages du Festigraff / The Faces of Festigraff

The artists at work and at play.  They are in order:

  1. Mad Zoo (Serigne Moumar Fall), talented artist and leader in the “young” generation and the RBS Crew.
  2. Docta (Amadou Lamine Ngom), pioneer graffiti artists, and president of Doxadem Squad which organizes Festigraff.
  3. Nadia Kouma (Seika), artist from Switzerland.
  4. Maguette Diablosgraff Traoré, talented artist in the “young” generation, member of RBS Crew, and streetwear designer  (www.doxkatt.com).
  5. Mow (Mouhamed Moustafa Souare), talented artist in the “young” generation, member of RBS Crew and artistic director for Hip2Hope rap crew.
  6. Chimere (Omar Diaw), talented artist of portraits in the “young” generation, member of RBS Crew.
  7. Big Key, a pioneer graffiti artist since 1998, founder of Mizerables Grafff with Deep, and known for encouraging and mentoring the young artists.
  8. Zeinixx (Dieynaba Sidibe), the only woman graffiti artist in Dakar. Also a poet and works at the Africulturban cultural center in the banlieue of Pikine.
  9. Grafixx (Oumar Diop), a pioneer graffiti artist from the banlieue of Charoye, and a talented graphic designer and streetwear designer.  Graffiti director at the Africulturban cultural center in the banlieue of Pikine.
  10. Mbautta (Moussa Sane) a newcomer to the Dakar graffiti movement.  He is a talented and experienced artist, designer, comic strip illustrator, and artist for the Attentrap rap crew in the far-flung banlieue of Yembeul.
  11. Nadib Bandi, artist from  Switzerland with Big Key (see #7).
  12. Chimere again (see #6).
  13. Juan Marcelo, streetwear designer of the Mbedujolof Def Nek line; Chimere (see #6) and [TBA].
  14. Pape Amadou Camara, communications director for the Doxadem Squad which organizes Festigraff, and also education director for the G-Hip Hop cultural center in the banlieue of Guediawaye.
  15. Lilpee Bambey, graffiti artist, with Nadib Bandi (see #11).
  16. Malika Diagana, photographer and graphic designer, trying her hand at painting a mural for the first time.
  17. Mad Zoo again (see #1)
  18. Papis (Mamadou Dione), graffiti artist.
  19. Prospere Abacar, DJ for Festigraff.
  20. Mbautta again (see # 10).
  21. The Festigraff team at the Autoroute au Payage site (see portfolio #3 in this gallery).