The Afronauts (ONLY 50 COPIES WITH PRINT)

Cristina de Middel
The Afronauts (ONLY 50 COPIES WITH PRINT)

Photographs: Cristina de Middel

Text: Cristina de Middel

Publisher: Self-published

88 pages

Year: 2012

Comments: Heavy softcover, 230 x 170 mm. True first edition, 2012. Text in english. Design by Cristina de Middel, Laia Abril and Ramon Pez. Finalist of Paris Photo Aperture First book award in 2012. Special original edition limited to 50 copies signed by Cristina de Middel with a numbered and signed print. In pristine condition. Very scarce and collectible.

In 1964 a Zambian science teacher named Edwuard Makuka decided to train the first African crew to travel to the moon. His plan was to use an alluminium rocket to put a woman, two cats and a missionary into Space. First the moon, then Mars, using a catapult system. He founded the Zambia National Academy of Science, Space Research and Astronomical Research to start training his Afronauts in his headquarters located only 20 miles from Lusaka.