Gala de l’enfance malheureuse
Mata Mamengi, Alain (aka Al'Mata)
Illustrator country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Scenarist: Ngalle Edimo, Christophe (aka Edimo)
Scenarist country: Cameroon
Language: French
Keywords: children; elegance; injustice; micro-criminality
PROJECT:
Participated to Africa e Mediterraneo Award 2003-2004
Gala of the unlucky childhood – A gala takes place to celebrate “unlucky childhood”. The first elegant guests arrive while outside children hide. At the end of the gala, 10 dollars are donated for the children and 4,600,000 dollars are donated for the President’s wife’s works. The children vandalize a car and sell the parts of the car and the seized clothes.
Technique: Ink and watercolor on paper
Color
Original drawings
Year: 2003
Dimensions: 3 sheets 22,5 x 31,3 cm, 1 sheet 21,3 x 29,2 cm
Inventory: inv. 378 / coll. CX24.CONGO.ALMATA.3
Number of sheets: 4
Notes: The first three pages on recto are signed: C. Edimo + Al'Mata 03 - The last page on recto: scen: Edimo, dess: Al'Mata 03 - Each page on verso reports the Authors' name, and the title
