José Freire
1975 25th September People’s Forces for the Liberation of Mozambique
Three-colour offset lithograph, DNPP, Maputo
Cheap, easy to use and effective, the Soviet-made AK47 was reputed to function after two years buried under sand, making it the global guerillas’ weapon of choice. By the 1960s, the image of the AK47 had become a visual shorthand, not only for the socialist affiliations of the African liberation movements, but also for a militant solidarity with Cuba’s Tricontinental movement and resistance movements in Vietnam and South and Central America.
