The air brush painting incorporated into the Echoes logo was created by Corrie Maritz. This painting, which Chas calls Africa's Child, was inspired by a photographic recruiting poster which featured the late L/Cpl Marius Marais of the Rhodesian Light Infantry.

A giant of a man, with a surprisingly gentle heart, Marais was a legend in his unit where stories of his exploits abounded. He is depicted here with his favourite weapon - which he insisted on carrying even though his rank as a corporal entitled him to carry the much lighter FN-FAL rifle.

His easy-going nature was caught by the camera in this image which was used by the Rhodesian Army in a recruiting poster. Marius Marais was killed in a motor accident shortly after the war.

Chas points out that the poem and the picture complement each other; make an unapologetic statement about white Africans and establish one of the main themes for the poems in Echoes of an African War.