This is an exclusive Nazar T-Shirt with a front and back print, adapted from the album sleeve, and hem and neck labels.

The “portrait” on the cover of my album and T-Shirt is my dad.

The photo is from archival footage from the Angolan regime’s state tv channel, at the most crucial moment of the civil war.

The photo was taken at the restart of the dialogue, right after the death in combat of Jonas Savimbi, that led a few weeks later to an ultimate peace treaty - my father is seen amongst his colleagues, members of the party/rebellion’s leadership, around the table to discuss the terms of the everlasting ceasefire with the regime’s representatives and generals.

The camera crews capture close up of the rebellion members tired faces, highlighting the poor grooming that would naturally happen under months of walking through deep forest. To dehumanise is the intention.
Still, in the eyes of the regime, it was a perfect opportunity to humiliate their enemies in the eyes of the world.

A new type of war had started. Of imagery and fake narratives. The regime would - in the next few years after the end of the war - systematically display those archives at the most unstable moment of the legislature. When the opposition would call for protests against injustices for example. I would grow up hurt seeing those images on the national TV when I was in Angola.

But the more I got to know about my dad, the more I’d be proud and feel less terrified. To finally realise that my dad on these images is very weak, but only physically. He embraces his vulnerability and didn’t shy away from the cameras. He assumed his position and remain seated on his convictions.

My dad and myself wanted to reclaim this image to tell this story.

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