The Pick-Up
Xhuuma, Maseeti
Illustrator country: Kenya
Scenarist: Xhuuma, Maseeti
Scenarist country: Kenya
Language: English
Keywords: criminality; family; man-woman relationship; school; theft
PROJECT:
Participated to Africa e Mediterraneo Award 2002
PUBLISHED IN:
Published in: edited by S. Federici e A. Marchesini Reggiani, Africa Comics 2002, Lai-momo, Sasso Marconi 2002
Mr. Hamisi is hired by Mr. Ali, and his first task is to collect his new van in Nairobi and then pick up Mr. Ali’s daughter from university. After finishing his seminar, Mr. Hamisi catches a taxi, keen to go to bed early. However, the taxi driver drives him to a night club and gives a lift to a young woman, with whom Mr. Hamisi will spend the night. The following day he wakes up alone and discovers he has been robbed, so he doesn’t have the money to buy the gasoline to drive the van back to Mr. Ali. Fortunately, his boss is famous and so Hamisi is given gasoline for free and thinks he has solved all his problems. However an unpleasant surprise awaits him at the university: Mr. Ali’s daughter is the woman he spent the night with!
Technique: Felt tip pen on paper
Black and White
Original drawings
Year: 1999
Dimensions: 21 x 29,7 cm
Exhibited where: Exhibited in Bruxelles, Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinée, June 3 – September 28, 2003
Inventory: inv. 298 / coll. CX17.KENYA.XHUUMA.1
Number of sheets: 4