This is the story of an African slave who became captain under the mandate of General Pedro de Valdivia in the southern lands of Perú during the Spanish conquer in the early XVI century. The barely known adventure of a person who has been made invisible by Chilean history books, even though many African slaves fought side by side - and for many years - with Spanish soldiers in order to conquer the lands wherethe Mapuche tribe ruled in Chile.
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Kóte Carvajal (Santiago, 1978): Comic book colourist since 2008 in the USA, New Zealand, the UK, and Chile. Since 2014 writing graphic novels. Winner of IBBY Chile Best Graphic Novel in 2018 with "El Cardenal". Gabriel Ibarra (Talagante, 1992) studied History and Art. He has been working as an illustrator for US, Italian, and Spanish independent publishers.
