As the deranged despot continues to wreak havoc, the work of Chaz Maviyane Davis becomes sadly pertinent again.
For those unfamiliar with the Zimbabwe flag, the red symbolises the blood spilt in the struggle for independence. The original work featured as part of a project by Maviyane-Davis entitled ’30 days of Activism’ and preceded the Zimbabwean 2000 elections. In Maviyane-Davis’s own words:
As a project, this began on 25 May 2000 — the day the voter delimitation zones where announced and went on for 30 days until the eve of the elections. By spending about an hour or two a day on a simple graphic comment related to our situation, I felt I could contribute something through the positive use of design to bring about some awareness to the abuse and violations of our rights being perpetrated in Zimbabwe.
Also given the absolute lack of voter education/information around, which should be the duty of any responsible government except ours, (as this would contradict every aspect of their violent campaign) I also wanted to disseminate ideas out there for interested civic rights groups and individuals to harvest and even use in some way if they could.
The full series from the project is available at: Agitnet.org
