(S)PRAY 4 CONGO

A mural for justice, an act of transnational solidarity

In February 2025, the RBS Crew initiated (S)PRAY 4 CONGO, a large-scale artistic action aimed at denouncing the war and the violence perpetrated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In the face of media silence and widespread indifference, this collective mural sought to remind us that art can be a cry, a weapon, an act of memory and resistance.

Created simultaneously on February 6, 2025, in five countries, this coordinated intervention brought together artists in solidarity from different regions of the continent and the diaspora:

Dakar (Senegal): RBS Crew
Kinshasa (DRC): Mohindo – Moyindo Tag Nation
Lomé (Togo): Togo Street Art Collective
Cotonou (Benin): Effet Graff
Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso): Collective of local artists

Conceived as a shared work, a raised fist against injustice, this mural symbolically united five cities—like the five fingers of a hand—to carry one single message: justice is not begged for, it is claimed.

Only a few days after it was completed, the Dakar mural was vandalized and then entirely erased. A heavy, meaningful act that testifies to the subversive power of art when it disrupts, when it names things, when it refuses silence.

But far from discouraging the collective, this erasure only strengthened their determination. (S)PRAY 4 CONGO stands in continuity with the RBS Crew’s commitments: using art as a lever for social transformation, as a space for transmission, and as a tool of narrative sovereignty.

This project thus reaffirms the mission of the RBS Crew: to create, to resist, to bring people together—through walls, at the heart of cities, with consistency, boldness, and commitment.