In the story , a Zambian school teacher wanted to send the first African to space . ' The Man ' photo book is a fictional documentation of his life . The work , by Jan van Dam , has been shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse prize .
In the mid-1960s , a Zambian school teacher wanted to send the first African to space . 'The Afronauts ' photo book is a fictional documentation of his endeavors . The work , by Cristina De Middel , has been shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse prize .