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Protesters said their nonconfrontationaltactics were grounded in their faith and were thekey to their attempts at using moral persuasion tochange the University's policy. Several studentssaid they had been influenced by liberationtheology, which views the Bible as a radical textgiving hope to the oppressed.
African art is created not for museums or living rooms but for the community. Its function is fourfold, says Elimo Njau, a Tanzanian Lutheran painter. Art "makes Christianity African," provides a new context for worship, stimulates devotion and teaches the meaning of the Bible through imagery. Many works are signed...
Inculturation often means nothing more controversial than transplanting the classic Bible stories into black-African settings. A white policeman accompanies Jesus to Calvary. The crucified Christ wears a crown of cactus thorns. The three Wise Men bear gifts of kola nuts and chickens. More saucily, South African linocut artist John...
For many African artists, the act of creation itself is a religious experience. Zaire's Mwabila Pemba, a specialist in beaten copper, rises daily at 5 a.m. to pray and believes that as he works "I'm in the hands of a divine force." He is among multitudes who speak...
With wood, clay, paint and canvas, native artists across the continent are giving their own cultural expression to the themes that have inspired some of the greatest works of the Western tradition: the Nativity, the Madonna, the Crucifixion and the tales of the Bible. The results are vigorous, often passionate...