Angola
 Impressions from Luanda

20.09. - 22.09.2021

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  • Excerpt of a comic strip in adaptation in Portuguese. © Goethe-Institut
  • A selection of colourful comic pages. © Goethe-Institut
  • A workshop participant labelling his still sketched comic. © Goethe-Institut
  • A workshop participant writing on her already coloured comic. © Goethe-Institut
  • A group picture of all participants with the staff of the Goethe-Institut Angola. © Goethe-Institut
“What if Africa had never been colonized?” was the theme of the three-day workshop at the Memorial Dr. António Agostinho Neto, Luanda. The workshop was directed at young, emerging artists that hadn’t yet embarked in a career in comic production. The 15 participants received inputs from national and international artists and were tutored by Delfina Bastos from Estúdio Olindomar. They worked in duos on their own interpretations of the subject and presented their wonderfully creative results to a jury composed of comic artist Lito Silva, graphic designer Eliane Alves, and film director Kamy Lara. The works are now on display in the exhibition “Henrique Abranches – Um Traço Angolano”, about the founder of the Angolan comic scene.

The workshop facilitator

Die Workshop-Trainerin Delfina Bastos © Delfina Bastos Delfina Bastos dos Santos, born on 23 January, from Kilamba Kiaxi, Luanda, studies Economics and Health Care at the Catholic University of Angola. She works as an administrative assistant and project coordinator in Estúdio Olindomar. She is also a scout in the 18th group of the Cristo Rei diocese and a volunteer at the Catholic University of Angola. She supervises the projects LABORECICLO (Community Laboratory for Recycling) and SOSP (Solutions for Public Health). Delfina Bastos has a leadership degree through the organisation YALI (Young African Leaders Initiative), obtained in 2017 at the Maputo campus.
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