Cartoon showing group of black men filing into 'aye' and 'noe' corridors of a building.
Creator: Abraham; Abu (1924-2002); cartoonist
Cartoon showing Macmillan and Charles de Gaulle sitting on a sofa discussing throwing Soviet leader Khrushchev into the River Seine.
Creator: Abraham; Abu (1924-2002); cartoonist
14 b/w editorial cartoons produced by Abu Abraham for the Observer, 1962.
Creator: Abraham; Abu (1924-2002); cartoonist
Cartoon shows Khrushchev and John F. Kennedy arguing over a small child. Details when the U.S. considered using Christmas Island for nuclear tests and Russia considered resuming its nuclear tests. .
Creator: Abraham; Abu (1924-2002); cartoonist
Cartoon shows Cuban Marxist leader Castro as a tiny mouse terrifying President Kennedy dressed as a woman standing ontop of a glass. Refers to when the US emposed an embargo on Cuban imports and in response, the Soviet Union provided arms and missiles to help Cuba defend itself against any possible US aggression.
Creator: Abraham; Abu (1924-2002); cartoonist
Cartoon showing Charles de Gaulle and Ben Youssef ben Khedda with their fingers in their ears as a two-minute silence is held for the 150,000 and 17,000 French who died. Refers to the fact that, despite the Evian peace agreement between France and Algeria, ex-General Salan ordered his OAS extremists to make all-out war on Gaullist France.
Creator: Abraham; Abu (1924-2002); cartoonist
Cartoon showing Macmillan tossing a coin with 'political prospects' on one side and 'economic prospects' on the other, whilst Commonwealth leaders Sir Robert Menzies of Australia, John Diefenbaker of Canada, Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Milton Obote of Uganda and Jawaharlal Nehru of India look on. Refers to when Britain joined the European Union in April 1961.
Creator: Abraham; Abu (1924-2002); cartoonist
Cartoon shows Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell with his legs all tangled as he tries to attack both the Tories and CND supporters in the Labour party.
Creator: Abraham; Abu (1924-2002); cartoonist
Cartoon showing President Kennedy sitting on ground labelled 'S.E. Asia' with his legs tangled whilst Macmillan and Khrushchev watch on in amazement.
Creator: Abraham; Abu (1924-2002); cartoonist
Cartoon showing politician Roy Welensky getting ready to attack a huge wall labelled 'U.N.'
Creator: Abraham; Abu (1924-2002); cartoonist