Name of Artworks
Oasis, 2010

Location and Accessibility
New Bell Ngangue-Babylon: courtyard École CBC Babylon

Level of Significance
Passageway installation – wall painting

About the Artworks
Oasis is a set of two wall paintings by the South African artist Tracey Rose produced for SUD 2010 in the inner courtyard of the CBC Babylon school. On one wall, the artist drew an oasis of plants, tropical flowers, and a gorilla. These paintings, which appear childish at first glance, were voluntarily drawn without any proportional rule, and they appear distorted as to indicate the superiority and violence of the nature over man. On the other wall, the artist reproduced, in beautiful calligraphy and with different colours, scientific names of plants that are typical of the mangrove forest of this region. Many of these plants are now in danger of extinction due to pollution of the waters of the Wouri River, the primary resource of the city.

About the location
The École CBC Babylon is a private Baptist educational institution of New Bell Ngangué, including a kindergarten and a primary school. Beside its educational offer, the school has become nowadays a famous landmark of New Bell for public art and cultural activities.  The École CBC Babylon is a private Baptist educational institution of New Bell Ngangué, including a kindergarten and a primary school. Beside its educational offer, the school has become nowadays a famous landmark of New Bell for public art and cultural activities.