The Afronauts (With Signed Print)

Cristina de Middel
The Afronauts (With Signed Print)

Photographs: Cristina de Middel

Text: Maya V.

Publisher: Editions Bessard

38 pages

Year: 2014

Comments: Softcover, 21 x 15 cm. Text in english. , include a signed print by Cristina de Middel. Design by Bureau Kayser. In excellent condition except a for a small trace of adhesive on back cover (see picture). Limited edition of 300 copies.

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.