How I became king of graffiti - Moha Grafix

Moha Grafix [Photo: Instagram @officialmohagrafix]

Walk in the streets of Nairobi and chances are that you will come across a ‘pimped up’ matatu spotting some graffiti, a raised rear and shiny rims. You will be looking at a culture started 15 years ago by Mohammed Ali, or Moha, as he is popularly known. Armed with nothing but passion and ambition, the self-styled king of graffiti set to transform the matatu industry by introducing a hitherto unknown culture that initially raised eyebrows in an otherwise conservative society. And he had the unenviable task of convincing vehicle owners to pay for it. But they did. What has the journey to creating Moha Grafix been like?

In the beginning…