Unleashed Voices: Damien Glez from Burkina Faso / Cartoons & Comments!

Reflections on juntas vs democracy from a global master of art in the service of freedom from the heart of Africa ... accompanied throughout by his cartoons surveilling people, places and ideas.

For 33 years, Damien Glez has lived, worked, and drawn his stunning cartoons in its capital, Ouagadougou.

Much of his work has chronicled the rise and fall of dynasties across his continent. Indeed, since the colonial era began ending in earnest across Africa in the 1950s, some 214 coups have taken place—half of them successful—and across 45 of the 54 Af…