Odd Mozambique note

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rmuniak
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Posted: 2 Jun 2022, 18:46 #
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Do not understand why a country would have on it’s currency this depressing sculpture. Can anyone explain it?

Ray Muniak Retired artist/sculptor . 79 years old. 4 children 10 grandchildren 2 great grandchildren. Also worked as a wood patternmaker (Foundry industry) for 27 years before becoming a full time artist.
Outsider
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Posted: 3 Jun 2022, 14:45 #
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N#213343

 

Our description of the obverse is “Hungry people”.  The note was issued in the late 80s, the closing years of the interminable Mozambique Civil War.

 

Is it really a mystery to you why a post-colonial African nation chose to depict hunger, or does it just make you uncomfortable to think about?

rmuniak
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Posted: 3 Jun 2022, 21:36 #
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It just seems odd on a banknote. I would think a banknote to be a place to put something positive. A great leader or maybe a dominant animal of the region.

Ray Muniak Retired artist/sculptor . 79 years old. 4 children 10 grandchildren 2 great grandchildren. Also worked as a wood patternmaker (Foundry industry) for 27 years before becoming a full time artist.
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