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Mid of cartoons pans left to cartoon showing refugee mother with all signposts pointing to war2. Close tilt up of same3. Wide exterior of exhibition building4. Pan right of cartoon...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eNairobi, Kenya - April 27, 2011\u003cbr/\u003e1. Mid of cartoons pans left to cartoon showing refugee mother with all signposts pointing to war\u003cbr/\u003e2. Close tilt up of same\u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide exterior of exhibition building\u003cbr/\u003e4. Pan right of cartoon exhibition\u003cbr/\u003e5. Close tilt down of winning cartoon showing finger puppets reading: (English) \"A Tale of Two Governments\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Close tilt up of cartoon showing pirate fishing US dollars out of the sea by Amin Amir\u003cbr/\u003e7. Pan right from cartoons to man looking at them\u003cbr/\u003e8. Close pull focus of cartoon showing sailor trapped in eye patch\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE (English) Patrick Gathara, judge, Association of East Africa Cartoonists:\u003cbr/\u003e\"What we have here are cartoons from about 50 countries, and 260 cartoonists on the theme 'The achievements and challenges of peace in Somalia'. This exhibition has been organised by the Association of East Africa cartoonists with the aim of promoting awareness of the problems facing Somalia which as we know has been at war for the last 20 years.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. Various of cartoons on display\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English) Dan Oloo, visitor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think the piece of art that has actually grabbed my attention here today is this piece of the big warship being held hostage by four Somali pirates, which I think it's very ironic but at the same time it's very true because the international community has neglected Somalia for so long and they say: 'We do not know what to do about Somalia, we surrender\" in that sense. So it's very ironic and very true that the big boys of the international community are being held hostage by four Somali pirates.You see this ship has big guns and everything but four Somali pirates are able to stop the warships of the international community.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. Various of cartoons on display\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE (English) Dan Oloo, visitor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"For a very long time we've seen Somalia as a very dark place and everything that comes out of there, or any news or any image that anyone might have is very dark and very disturbing. But I think after just looking at some of the art work today I think it's a clever way of bring attention to the issues in Somalia in a funny, in a creative way, that gets your attention and I think it gets the message across.\"\u003cbr/\u003e14. Various of cartoons on display\u003cbr/\u003e15. Various of judges appraising the works\u003cbr/\u003e16.  SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Kelemba, judge:\u003cbr/\u003e\"He is a media cartoonist in Nairobi and he is very, very good. He submitted four brilliant ideas on paper and we the judges were very thrilled with what he submitted. He seemed to really have grasped the whole thing, the situation, what is going on in Somalia - the politics of it, the security problems there. He has looked at basically everything - what is going on in that country and the situation that those people are facing.\"\u003cbr/\u003e17. Close of one Alphonce Omondi Ochieng's winning cartoons.\u003cbr/\u003e18. Wide of winning cartoonist Alphonce Omondi Ochieng being congratulated by Patrick Gathara\u003cbr/\u003eUPSOUND (English) Patrick Gathara, judge, Association of East Africa Cartoonists:\u003cbr/\u003e\"So congratulations.\"\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE (English) Alphonce Omondi Ochieng, cartoonist and winner:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The amount of talent that was at the exhibition was really, really tremendous and I am humbled at this opportunity.\"\u003cbr/\u003e20 Various of cartoons on display \u003cbr/\u003eWar, refugees and piracy might not sound like the most natural source of humour.\u003cbr/\u003eBut a cartoon competition dealing with Somalia's turbulent history asked artists to do just that.\u003cbr/\u003eA refugee mother and her two children come to a signpost - every direction pointing to war.\u003cbr/\u003eThe satirical image is emblematic of how poor Somalis have run out of options during the endless war in their chaotic country.\u003cbr/\u003eThis cartoon is one of 150 on display in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi in an exhibition to raise awareness of the plight of ordinary Somalis.\u003cbr/\u003ePatrick Gathara is a judge for the cartoon competition and also member of the Association of East Africa Cartoonists.\u003cbr/\u003eHe explains: \"What we have here are cartoons from about 50 countries, and 260 cartoonists on the theme 'The achievements and challenges of peace in Somalia'. This exhibition has been organised by the Association of East Africa cartoonists with the aim of promoting awareness of the problems facing Somalia which as we know has been at war for the last 20 years.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe competition attracted 800 entries from over 50 countries around the world.\u003cbr/\u003ePopular themes for the cartoonists were Islamic insurgents, confused and fickle politics and piracy.\u003cbr/\u003eThose visiting the exhibition were struck by some of the powerful images on display.\u003cbr/\u003eVisitor  Dan Oloo singled out an image showing an enormous warship being held hostage by four ragged Somali pirates.\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's very ironic and very true that the big boys of the international community are being held hostage by four Somali pirates.You see this ship has big guns and everything but four Somali pirates are able to stop the warships of the international community,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003eMany in Africa are concerned that the only images the West sees of Somalia is of suffering, guns and pirates. Although the exhibition features many of these themes in its cartoons, the organisers hope that satire can also get a new and more positive message across.\u003cbr/\u003eIt seems to have worked for Dan Oloo:\u003cbr/\u003e\"For a very long time we've seen Somalia as a very dark place and everything that comes out of there, or any news or any image that anyone might have is very dark and very disturbing. But I think after just looking at some of the art work today I think it's a clever way of bring attention to the issues in Somalia in a funny, in a creative way, that gets your attention and I think it gets the message across.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAlthough the first award was snatched by a Kenyan cartoonist, the work of Amin Amir, who fled Somalia for Canada, also attracted  the attention of the three-member judging panel.\u003cbr/\u003eAmir suffered from his former country's lawlessness and depicted one of the most witty, humorous and piercing cartoons.\u003cbr/\u003eAmir, whose fans fondly call him the \"Voice of Somalis,\" draws hard-hitting images of extremist Islamists, weak U.N.-backed governments, an insensitive international community, detached African Union peacekeepers, as well as the helpless civilians caught up in the crossfire.\u003cbr/\u003eBorn in the war-ravaged Somali capital, Mogadishu, in 1960 and mentored by a Russian artist for nearly ten years, Amir says he was passionate about drawing from the age of eight.\u003cbr/\u003eDuring the 1970s, Amir used pieces of charcoal to draw pictures on deserted alleys in Mogadishu. \u003cbr/\u003eHis website receives nearly one million hits a month, many of whom are Somalis looking for light relief amidst their troubles.\u003cbr/\u003eIn one of his cartoons on display in Nairobi, Amir shows a ragtag pirate in a small skiff holding a line that catches a bundle of dollar notes wherever he throws it into the sea - a comment on how it has become easy for Somali pirates to capture ships that later yield millions of dollars in way of ransom.\u003cbr/\u003eThe winning cartoonist Alphonce Omondi painted a gun-toting Islamist blasting Western culture, soccer and music.\u003cbr/\u003ePaul Kelemba, one of the competition's judges talks about Ormondi's work:\u003cbr/\u003e\"He is a media cartoonist in Nairobi and he is very, very good. 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