Discovering the Mother City
Table Mountain is flanked by two iconic collaborators: to the left is Devil's Peak, and to the right, Lion's Head. If you look at Devil's Peak from the foot of Lion's Head, you will see the form of a woman lying in the mountain. And once you see her, you will never stop seeing her.
She is lying on her back, her dreadlocks flowing into Table Bay at Salt River. Having just given birth, her baby lies peacefully at her feet, forming the left slope of Table Mountain's table top. The woman's head and breast are the two peaks of Devil's Peak.
Take your time to find her, because it changes everything about the city once you see her.
This image is the reason Cape Town is called The Mother City. She is a maternal city, with all the contradictions and power and vulnerabilities of a new mother. Emboldened. Blue. Majestic. Uncertain.
The Perspective
To see the Mother, you need someone to show it to you. It is in that sharing of knowledge that the key to this city lies.
As a visitor, you have an opportunity to see the city above and beyond the social, political, and geographic lines that divide us.
Cape Town is a city divided along deep lines created by apartheid and colonial empire. To overcome these barriers, Capetonians need to share with each other across boundaries.
Once you see the Mother, you understand that all the resources we need to make this city the place we want it to be are right in front of us. You just need someone to help you see them.
Cape Town Experiences
Coffeebeans created a range of experiences that make it possible for us to share this city with you—from many angles, across the lines, and between the binaries.
