In 1973, when Mozambique was still under Portuguese colonial rule, a young boy lost one of the cows he was herding. As punishment, his employer branded his forehead with a hot iron—marking him like property instead of a person. Photojournalist Ricardo Rangel captured the boy’s scarred face, but the image was banned under colonial censorship for exposing the brutality of the regime. After Mozambique gained independence in 1975, the photograph resurfaced as a powerful symbol of resistance and huma