On my second day in Cape Verde, I got to work on my first mural! The day was January 20th, the anniversary of the assasination of the revolutionary hero Amilcar Cabral, who fought against the Portuguese colonizers in the 60's and 70's to free both Cape Verde and Guinea Bissau. To commemorate this important figure, I painted his portrait on the outside wall of the Amilcar Cabral Foundation in the center of Praia, Cape Verde's capital city. The portrait was the beginning of a mural project that would include imagery of the country's culture, history, and natural environment, images that were chosen with the collaboration of local friends.
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| Alex helping out on the mural! |
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| me and Alex |
