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Bâ, Cheikh Tidjane (aka Tijan)

Illustrator country: Senegal

Scenarist: Bâ, Cheikh Tidjane (aka Tijan)

Scenarist country: Senegal

Language: French

Keywords: airplane; dream; hope; migration

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Participated to Africa e Mediterraneo Award 2005-2006

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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

A boy is spading a field. He looks up and sees a plane passing. He dreams that one day he too will take the “iron bird” and make his fortune abroad…On the background there are sentences referring to the context in which the phenomenon of immigration is located i.e. chaos, modernisation, the hope of the desperate, the possibility of Africa saving itself.

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Technique: watercolor and ink on paper

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Original drawings

Dimensions: 29,7 x 21 cm

Inventory: inv. 413 / coll. CX31.SENEGAL.TIJAN.1

Number of sheets: 1

Notes: The page on verso reports the Author's name and country, the title, and SM 6