A Mural That Tells A Global Story In The Heart Of Clichy, Paris

We were honoured to be invited by Southwark Council to take part in the Clichy Urban Art Festival, C.A.P.S Festival, and we couldn’t be more excited to contribute to this international celebration of creativity.

This year’s theme, Urban Nature, inspired us to explore the vibrant relationship between city life and cultural heritage. Representing Southwark, we wanted our piece to reflect the borough’s rich diversity, especially the ancestral symbols of its Yoruba, Latin American, and Caribbean communities.

At the centre of the mural is Ọsanyin, the Yoruba deity of herbs and nature, crowned with leaves and surrounded by sacred patterns representing healing, wisdom, and spiritual power.

We also included the stag, an animal sacred in Mexican mythology, symbolising fertility, abundance, and the cycle of life.

Caribbean elements such as the ackee fruit, hibiscus, and Nyabinghi drums bring in the joy, colour, and ritual of tropical life.

And grounding it all are iconic Southwark landmarks, the Shard, Southwark Cathedral, and Millennium Bridge, infusing the piece with an unmistakable sense of place and urban energy.

This mural is our love letter to diasporic identity, a reminder that wherever we go, we carry home with us. Paris, like so many cities, is a living patchwork of global roots woven together.