The Contextual making of meaning of a Heroe's Iconic Image

What is it about?

The paper focuses on the shifts in the iconic representation of war heroes of the Eritrean struggle for freedom, by studying key iconic photographs and their significance to the Eritrean national identity construction process. The article focuses on one of the most famous photographs in the country which has been related to the discourse that indebts peace and freedom of the country to the history of the nation’s freedom fighters. Thephotograph analysed in this paper is that of Hamid Idris Awat

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Why is it important?

The paper attempts to provide a deconstructive analysis of a legendary photograph of Hamid Idris Awate by focusing on the relational meanings of the image as well as the assumptions implicit within the image. It analyses the contextual construction of meaning of the legendary photograph and its relation to the historical, social, and political discourses in Eritrea.