LANDSCAPES

Landscape photographs were also a way of surveying wealth and showing the distinctive aspects of the fauna, flora, hydrography and orography of the regions crossed. The photographs often recorded notable elements in the landscape, such as remarkable rocks, which served as landmarks or points of reference. Some of which have other meanings for the local people.

Stone at the N`tsintse gateway (through which the boundary line passes). [Original caption] 
Lourenço Marques Border Delimitation Commission, 1890-91. 
Photograph by Andrade, Mezzena, and Serrano.
Reproduction of original albumin print, 18X24cm, in an album.
© Photographic Collection UL/IICT-MGG-Alb3.p31

Frontier Stories: 
"The negroes here said they wanted to be Portuguese, but upon our arrival, despite our sympathy, they rushed to take their gifts to the Boers, whom they knew well. Until then, they had not paid taxes because it was unknown whether they were Boers or Portuguese." 

(Freire de Andrade's Report, p 19)

The Proof of the Crime - anti-racist zine

RISO print on Munken print paper 90grs
Publisher: ICNOVA
ISBN: 978-98g-9048-20-1
print run: 70 copies

This publication was conceived and produced by Nkaka “K4PP4” Bunga Sessa and Soraya Vasconcelos, built along multiple working sessions elapsed between July 2021 and July 2022, with a group of participants: João “dog” Duarte, Renata Camargo, Pedro Tanda, Fernanda Jones, Sofia Costa Pinto, Andreia Mingroni, Ursula Mendonza Balcázar, Filipa Almeida, Sara Morgado Santos, Daniel Barroca, Teresa Mendes Flores, Margarida Medeiros and Catarina Marques Mateus, who contributed  with their ideas, knowledge and experience for the lively conversations that culminated in the construction of this edition.

The publication results from a proposal developed between the association Canto do Curió and the research project Photo Impulse, with funding from this project and the European T-Factor (University Nova de Lisboa). The University of Lisbon / Museum of Natural History and Science was a partner.

Proof of Crime - Anti-racist T-shirt
Textile screen printing.
Print: Horse mackerel
Circulation: 20 copies/each

Green t-shirt
Image by K4PP4 and Soraya Vasconcelos
From lyrics by Knave and the image modified from the Border Delimitation Mission of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique, 1890-91
UL-IICT-Col.MGG-Alb3

White t-shirt
Image by K4PP4
From lyrics by K4PP4 and picture
Reframed by the Anthropobiological Mission of Angola, 1950.
UL-IICT-Col.MAA. Reel 6, cliché n°6

Yellow t-shirt
Image by Gabs Leal
Based on a quote by Ailton Krenak and an image from the Angola Anthropobiological Mission, 1952.
UL-IICT-Col.MAA.Roll 44, plate no11

Work developed between the association Canto do Curió and the research project Photo Impulse.

(Audio)

A Conversation around "Proof of the Crime". 
Manuel Dias dos Santos (sociologist and historian), Nkaka Bunga Sessa (rapper and activist) and Soraya Vasconcelos (photographer and researcher) talk about the process of building the zine "Prova do Crime" and the questions that this work raised. 4th June 2022. 
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