Art has always taken sides. Cave paintings marked territory. Griots sang kings into power, and out of it. Murals in Soweto screamed against apartheid before the world listened. Art has always been a tool. Artivism gives that tool a name. What is artivism Art + activism. Simple on paper. Radical in practice. It means using creative work to change the world. A photo becomes a demand. A film becomes a mirror a community holds up to itself. A mural becomes a public argument nobod