Zapiro Pecha Kucha (part two): Polokwane Pirates

This is the second part of Zapiro’s presentation at Design Indaba Expo 2009.

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Better known as Zapiro, he has published 11 cartoon collections and held solo exhibitions in New York, London and Frankfurt.
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Published in 2008, Polokwane Pirates is Zapiro’s annual collection of his work. It provides a comical, sharply satirical illustrated commentary on the performance of several key political figures, most notably Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma.

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