Zapiro: Jiving with Madiba, a new iPad app by Berg + Bach.
Digital publishers Berg + Bach have released a new iPad app that uses the political cartoons of South African artist Zapiro to tell the story of Nelson Mandela’s life.
From the press release:
“This is not just another tribute to Nelson Mandela, the app brings the global giant together with a giant of cartooning each ‘shaping’ the other. With over 330 of Zapiro’s cartoons, video and audio footage, Zapiro: Jiving with Madiba traces the life of Nelson Mandela from Prisoner to President to Pensioner. In addition to the cartoons published in several of the largest newspapers in South Africa, Zapiro’s struggle era work for the UDF and ANC from the eighties is also on display, as are dozens of drawings from his original sketchbooks including sketches for a 70th birthday card Zapiro made for Madiba while being detained at Pollsmoor Prison during Madiba’s 6-year imprisonment there.
“The app is based on a popular exhibition about Mandela held at the Jewish Museum in Cape Town in 2011 and the now out-of-print publication, Zapiro’s Mandela Files.”
The app costs R79.99 in South Africa and $9.99 in the United States. It can be purchased on the iTunes store.
