A Pioneer of Azerbaijani Satire: The Life and Art of Azim Azimzade Born in 1880 in the oil-rich village of Novxanı near Baku, Russia, Azim Azimzade emerged as a uniquely self-taught artistic voice during a period of immense social and political upheaval. His early life was steeped in the realities of industrial labor; his father worked in the burgeoning oil industry, a landscape that would subtly but profoundly influence young Azim’s…