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Kouame, Atto Elie (aka Atto Kelson)
Illustrator country: Ivory Coast
Scenarist: Kouame, Atto Elie (aka Atto Kelson)
Scenarist country: Ivory Coast
Language: French
Keywords: slavery; village; work; youth
PROJECT:
Participated to Africa e Mediterraneo Award 2005-2006
PUBLISHED IN:
Published in: edited by S. Federici e A. Marchesini Reggiani, Africa Comics 2005-2006, Lai-momo, Sasso Marconi 2006 ISBN: 978-88-89581-23-0
Two people are on the phone to each other, talking about a “herd” of slaves. A group of young men, stripped naked and tied inside a motor truck, is led deep inside a forest and is immediately forced to work there. Days pass by, with the guards committing abuses, until one of young men finds a scrap of paper in the dust: written on it are the fundamental human rights. He runs away and reaches the nearby village, from where he manages to have the slave owners arrested and the slaves released.
Technique: Ink and tempera on paper
Color
Original drawings
Dimensions: 29,7 x 42 cm
Inventory: inv. 573 / coll. CX13.IVORY.KELSON.3
Number of sheets: 3
Notes: Each page on verso reports the Author's name, contacts and country, and Sujet imposé: Droit de l'homme, and DU 36