cartoons
Monday, February 25th, 2013
The line between caricaturing and relying on racist tropes in cartoonist Zapiro’s recent work
Ah, greasy, beak-nosed men with unsavoury, five-o-clock shadows darkening swarthy jawlines, proffering gifts and currying favours. Good to see that the illustrious history that connects the stereotyping of Jewish people and Indians (particularly Indians in Africa) is continuing, at the hands of cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro, better known as Zapiro. Shapiro’s work is beyond well-known in
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
GAL draws Africa
71-year-old GAL draws a weekly cartoon for the Belgian magazine Knack.* More of his 2011 work related to Africa below. All speak for themselves, except maybe for the last one in which Belgian politician Bart De Wever...
Sunday, December 19th, 2010
Sunday Ephemera No.8
Disney goes on safari on the “Dark Continent” in 1945. No comment. Via New School Thoughts on Africa.
Thursday, December 31st, 2009
CARTOONING / GADO
The South African editorial cartoonist Zapiro usually gets all the shine because he so good. But there is also Gado, the Kenyan cartoonist.
Saturday, August 29th, 2009
ILLEGAL CARTOONS
A Ugandan newspaper’s critical caricature of President Yoweri Museveni led police to interrogate three journalists today on allegations of sedition, according to a defense attorney and local journalists.
Partners
Nelson Mandela
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Songs for Mandela [International Edition]
5 Dec 2013 at 6:00 pm
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Malawian intellectual Thandika Mkandawire: The death of Mandela marks the triumphant end of Africa’s...
8 Dec 2013 at 9:00 am
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When Nelson Mandela goes
12 Dec 2012 at 8:00 am
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‘Mandela Is Saying Goodbye’
23 Feb 2011 at 11:00 am
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Remember to call at my grave: Madiba and John Dube
10 Dec 2013 at 11:35 am
