João Craveirinha Jr
May 1st, Day of the Worker. May 1st was always and will continue to be a manifestation of the struggle of the working classes and their internationalist character
Colour offset lithograph, DNPP, Maputo
The red star of international socialism shines down on an idyllic Mozambican landscape, worked by labourers wielding hand tools and a woman driving a tractor, signalling a new dawn of equality, production and technology. João Craveirinha Jr worked as Frelimo’s graphic designer during the Armed Struggle, issuing posters, pamphlets and journals from the Front’s base in Tanzania. Despite many years of commitment to the party, he ultimately found Frelimo’s cultural policies oppressive, and left Mozambique in 1983.
