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Henrique Abranches – Albums

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  1. Masala, the Leopard: a Step Toward Freedom. Layout: H. Abranches/ Words and Drawings: Lito Silva/ Cover Design: Lito Silva and Hugo Fernandes.
  2. The Pirates of KK. Words and Layout: H. Abranches/ Drawings: Sérgio Piçarra.

Lito Silva – Recortes da História

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Recortes da História: Clippings of History.
“It’s simple my dear, Watson, we follow the footsteps and discover who killed the history of Angola!”

King Kinya – Osama wanted!!

King kinya - Terrorism defined, American way

Hare – If the reason for arrest is killing innocent people, then what about that guy?
Big guy- But did he kill Americans?
Poster: wanted
Soldier on the ground: Savimbi (Angolan rebel leader)

Chakwi Amari – Crippled Human Rights Race

Chakwi Amari - Crippled Human Rights Race

Lito Silva – Urna

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Man: “I don’t know why, this old guy is afraid that the urn will bite him!” [NB: in Portuguese, “urna” means both urn (for ashes) AND it means ballot box.]

Lito Silva – Turistas

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Guide: “Dear tourists, I will be your guide throughout this trip, showing you the essence of Angola, a country of half a dozen people and millions of statistics!!! …[gesturing to Audi car] Here we have the people’s typical means of transportation, bought with state funds…!”
Tourists remark: “wonderful/interesting/incredible/etc…”
Guide: [Gesturing to children in the dumpster] “…and here we can see a few of the country’s statistics. Although they are here, they’re not really here…In reality, they’re merely statistics since the number of actual people in this country is only half a dozen!”

Lito Silva – A Greve

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First Man: “Grrr! Are these pilots coming or not?!?”
Second Man: “They are all *&!@*! Pfff…mmH!!
Third Man: “Either they finish their strike or I’ll finish them…
[In the lower panel, the tag says “Parachute”]

Lito Silva – O Flautista de Hammelin

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Executioner’s shirt reads: “Indonesia.”
The sign above his head reads: “The Timor Leste Version of the Pied Piper…”

Lito Silva – Missão de Verificação de Conflitos da ONU

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Sign reads: “United Nations Mission to Verify Conflicts!”
First Man: “…So, you see anything?”
Second Man: “Nope!…”

Lito Silva – Legal?!

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Pope says: Cool?!!