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‘Hsaw Pa Kaw’ - messages through cartoons

Published February 4, 2007 cartoons 8 Comments

Hsaw Pa Kaw has a bit of a cult following along the Thai-Burma border and inside Karen State. He is a character that appeals to the general public in that affectionate and comforting way Ginger Meggs was to me as a child. But he has the political finesse of a Doonsbury cartoon with a very specific point to make. He is the guy we all know and can relate to, a non-threatening and reasonable guy who compliments this normalness with a dash of good advice.

The one below appeared in Kwe Ka Lu in October 2oo5. Kwe Ka Lu is the only newspaper written entirely in Karen which provides news, opinion pieces and cartoons to the Karen population in the refugee camps along the border and for communities inside Karen State. For many Karen people it is their only source of information about what is happening outside their immediate vicinity. Continue reading ‘‘Hsaw Pa Kaw’ - messages through cartoons’

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