The boy with two mums

Mukuna, Fifi

Illustrator country: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Scenarist: Barzi, Davide

Scenarist country: Italy

Language: None

Keywords: children; family; migration; prejudice

PROJECT:

Included in Approdi Project

PUBLISHED IN:

Published in: S. Mbumbo, A. Danngar, P. Masioni, D. MadaBD, F. Mukuna, W. Zekid, Approdi, Lai-momo, Sasso Marconi

Pipis is an eight-year-old boy who lives in Cyprus. His teacher shows Li- the Chinese family’s nanny- some of his drawings, where Li replaces his mum Diana, who is very busy at work. The boy, who refuses to speak, has written of how he has two mums! That evening, Li is the victim of Diana’s anger, as she fears she is being replaced both as a mother and as a wife. At last, the next day Pipis speaks to his mum, but his words reveal how he has adopted some of the common prejudices against people who are “different”.

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Story writer: Yiaxi, Natalie

Technique: Tempera and watercolor on paper

Color

Original drawings

Year: 2006

Dimensions: 29,7 x 42 cm

Inventory: inv. 708 / coll. CX28.CONGO.MUKUNA.5

Number of sheets: 5

Notes: The comic is lacking in one plate (page 3) - Each page on recto: Fifi Mukuna, 2006 - The second page is made up of two pieces of sheet glued together